Genesis 24:40:12Gen.24.40.W12PAT
אִשָּׁה֙
isha
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔi.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
- French
- une femme
- Spanish
- una mujer
- Russian
- жену
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة
- 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
i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI
In context — Genesis 24:40
and he said to me LORD before whom I have walked before him will send his angel with you and will make successful your way and you shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from the house of my father
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 24:40, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁה֙ (isha) 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.24.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.40.W12.S1) and character.