Genesis 24:38:6Gen.24.38.W6PAT
אִשָּׁ֖ה
ishsha
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHA
- Extended
- ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
- French
- une femme
- Spanish
- una esposa
- Russian
- жену
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة
- Hindi
- एक पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一个妻子
- 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
ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA
- clause
ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI
- sentence
im-LO el-beit-a-VI te-LEKH ve-el-mi-she-pa-khe-TI ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI
In context — Genesis 24:38
rather you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and you shall take a wife for my son
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 24:38, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֖ה (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.24.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.38.W6.S1) and character.