Exodus 6:23:8Exod.6.23.W8PAT
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
leishsha
“for a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a wife
- French
- pour épouse
- Spanish
- por esposa
- Portuguese
- por esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَوْجَةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- ለሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ ɔyere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
LO le-ish-SHA
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ET-e-li-SHE-va bat-am-mi-na-DAV a-KHOT nakh-SHON LO le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ET-e-li-SHE-va bat-am-mi-na-DAV a-KHOT nakh-SHON LO le-ish-SHA vat-TE-led LO ET-na-DAV ve-ET-a-vi-HU ET-el-a-ZAR ve-ET-i-ta-MAR
In context — Exodus 6:23
and took Aaron Elisheba daughter of Amminadab sister of Nahshon to him for a wife and she bore to him Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar
About this coordinate
Exodus 6:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 6:23, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (leishsha) 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 Exod.6.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.23.W8.S1) and character.