Leviticus 20:14:4Lev.20.14.W4TAB
אֶת־אִשָּׁ֛ה
etishshah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- et-ISH-SHAH
- Extended
- eht-ISH-SHAAH
- 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-ISH-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
Exegesis
The direct object markers et {אֶת־ | ʾet} and ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} clarify ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾiš-šāh} and immâh {אִמָּהּ | ʾim-mā(h)}.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 20:14
And a man who takes a woman and her mother commits depravity ; with fire they shall burn him and them, so that such depravity will not be among you .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אִשָּׁ֛ה (etishshah) 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.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W4.S1) and character.