Genesis 34:4:9Gen.34.4.W9PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- comme épouse
- Spanish
- como esposa
- Portuguese
- como esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجةً
- 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
- gẹgẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + אִש + שָּֽׁה׃
↓
le + ish + sha
↓
leishsha
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-SHA
- clause
kakh-LI et-ha-yal-DA ha-ZOT le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-KHEM el-kha-MOR a-VIV le-MOR kakh-LI et-ha-yal-DA ha-ZOT le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 34:4
said Shechem to Hamor his father saying take for me girl this as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 34:4, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (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 Gen.34.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.4.W9.S1) and character.