וְאֵ֥שֶׁת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֵ֥שֶׁת

   ve-E-shet

   and a wife of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים

   ve-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM

   and a wife of contentions quarrels
3. clause🔊 וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

   ve-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM nish-ta-VA

   and a wife of contentions quarrels is compared
4. sentence🔊 דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭‪וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃

   DE-lef to-RED be-YOM sag-re-RIR ve-E-shet me-do-NIM mid-ya-NIM nish-ta-VA

   a dripping descending in the day of steady rain and a wife of contentions quarrels is compared

Exegesis

The construct chain ve-eshet midyanim {וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִדְיָנִ֗ים | wə-ʾē-šeṯ mid-yā-nîm} ‘and a woman of quarrels’ pairs a feminine singular noun with a masculine plural construct to denote habitual contention.