Genesis 24:37:5Gen.24.37.W5PAT
אִשָּׁה֙
ishsha
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHA
- Extended
- ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
- French
- une épouse
- Spanish
- una esposa
- Russian
- жену
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَوْجَةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 妻子
- Swahili
- mke
- Twi
- ɔyere
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
ish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ti-KAKH ish-SHA
- clause
lo-ti-KAKH ish-SHA li-ve-NI mib-be-NOT hak-ke-na-a-NI a-SHER a-no-KHI yo-SHEV be-a-re-TSO
- sentence
va-ya-she-bi-E-ni a-do-NI le-MOR lo-ti-KAKH ish-SHA li-ve-NI mib-be-NOT hak-ke-na-a-NI a-SHER a-no-KHI yo-SHEV be-a-re-TSO
In context — Genesis 24:37
my master and he made me swear saying you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters the Canaanite whom I dwell in his land
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 24:37, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁה֙ (ishsha) 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 Gen.24.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.37.W5.S1) and character.