Leviticus 18:22:5Lev.18.22.W5TAB
אִשָּׁ֑ה
ishshah
“woman”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHAH
- Extended
- ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH
- clause
veh-et-za-KHAR LO tish-KAV mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH
- sentence
veh-et-za-KHAR LO tish-KAV mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH HI
Exegesis
The construct mishkavei ishah {מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה | miš-kə-vê iš-šāh} functions adverbially as a comparative idiom “as with the lyings of a woman,” specifying manner.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-he
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 18:22
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:22, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֑ה (ishshah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.18.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.22.W5.S1) and character.