Proverbs 19:14:6Prov.19.14.W6TAB
אִשָּׁ֥ה
isha
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
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
i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
i-SHA mas-ke-LET
- clause
u-me-ye-ho-VAH i-SHA mas-ke-LET
- sentence
BA-yit va-HON na-kha-LAT a-VOT u-me-ye-ho-VAH i-SHA mas-ke-LET
Exegesis
The phrase u-me-YHWH ishah maskelet {וּמֵיְהוָה אִשָּׁה מַשְׂכָּלֶת | ū-mê-yǝ-hō-wāh ’î-šā maš-kă-lěṯ} ‘and from the LORD a prudent wife’ assigns the source of the blessing to YHWH and employs the participle maskelet to qualify ishah. The absence of a finite verb signals a nominal equative structure common in Hebrew proverbs. In English, “but” is introduced to render the implied contrast between material inheritance and relational blessing, and “prudent” captures the actionable wisdom inherent in the participle.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, wife”
In context — Proverbs 19:14
A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 19:14, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֥ה (isha) 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 Prov.19.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.14.W6.S1) and character.