Numbers 25:8:9Num.25.8.W9TAB

וְאֵת־הָאִשָּׁה

veethaishah

and the woman

Transliteration
ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH
Extended
veh-EET-hah-ee-SHAH
IPA
/vəˈʔeːt.haʔiˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
and the woman

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֵת + הָ + אִ + שָּׁה
ve + et + ha + i + shah
veethaishah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH

  2. sentence

    va-ya-VO a-KHAR ISH-YIS-ra-EL el-ha-KU-ba va-ye-DE-kor et-shne-HEM ET ISH YIS-ra-EL ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH el-ko-va-TAH va-yi-a-TZAR ha-ma-ge-FAH ME-al be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The successive wayyidqor {וַיִּדְקֹר | wayyidqōr} ‘and he pierced’ with et-shenehem {אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם | ʾet-šənêhem} emphasizes the dual action, and the repeated et {אֵת | ʾet} marks each object.

Root and etymology

aleph-tavʾ-t

marking direct object

In contextNumbers 25:8

He entered after the Israelite man into the chamber, and he pierced both of them—the man and the woman—into her belly . Then the plague ceased among the Israelites.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֵת־הָאִשָּׁה (veethaishah) 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 Num.25.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W9.S1) and character.