אִשָּׁ֗ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִשָּׁ֗ה

   i-SHA

   a woman
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה

   KEN DE-rekh i-SHA

   so thus way of a woman
3. clause🔊 כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ

   KEN DE-rekh i-SHA me-na-A-fet A-khe-LA u-ma-kha-TA PI-ha

   so thus way of a woman committing adultery she ate or she eats and wiped her mouth
4. sentence🔊 כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה לֹֽא־פָעַ֥לְתִּי אָֽוֶן׃

   KEN DE-rekh i-SHA me-na-A-fet A-khe-LA u-ma-kha-TA PI-ha ve-a-me-RA lo-FA-al-TE A-ven

   so thus way of a woman committing adultery she ate or she eats and wiped her mouth and said not have I done wrongdoing or trouble

Exegesis

The construct derekh ishah {דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה | dereḵ iššâ} “way of a woman” sets the topic, modified by the Piel participle mena’efet {מְנָאָפֶת | menā’p̄eṯ} to indicate ongoing adultery. The sequence of perfect verbs akhla … umachatah …