Leviticus 20:27:2Lev.20.27.W2TAB
אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁ֗ה
ohishshah
“or a woman”
- Transliteration
- oh-ish-SHAH
- Extended
- oh-ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
oh-ish-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH
- clause
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU
- sentence
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU bah-EH-ven yir-geh-MOO oh-TAM deh-MEE-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction waw and noun phrase ish or ishshah {וְאִ֣ישׁ אִשָּׁה | wə-ʾîš ʾiššāh} ‘a man or a woman,’ indicating inclusive subject.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 20:27
Any man or woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death; with stones they shall stone them; their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:27, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁ֗ה (ohishshah) 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.20.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.27.W2.S1) and character.