Leviticus 19:20:3Lev.19.20.W3TAB
אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה
etishah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- et-i-SHAH
- Extended
- EHT-ee-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH
- clause
ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-vat-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah
- sentence
ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-vat-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah bi-KO-ret tih-YEH lo yoom-TU ki-lo khoo-PAH-shah
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiškav} “lies” with the direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} governs ishshah shikvat zera‘ {אִשָּׁה שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע | ʼiššāh šikḇat zera‘} as an idiom for sexual intercourse.
Root and etymology
א-שaleph-shin
“fire”
In context — Leviticus 19:20
And if a man lies with a female slave who is promised to another man, but she has neither been redeemed nor granted freedom, a penalty shall be imposed ; they shall not be put to death, because she is not free.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה (etishah) 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.19.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.20.W3.S1) and character.