Leviticus 20:13:6Lev.20.13.W6TAB
אִשָּׁ֔ה
ishshah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHAH
- Extended
- ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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-VEI ish-SHAH
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The construct chain mish-kevei ish-shah {מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה | miš-kə-vê ʾîš-šāh} ‘lyings of a woman’ defines the normative sexual pattern.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֔ה (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.20.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W6.S1) and character.