Leviticus 21:14:12Lev.21.14.W12PAT
אִשָּֽׁה׃
ishah
“wife”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ih-SHAAH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
- French
- épouse
- Spanish
- esposa
- Portuguese
- esposa
- German
- Ehefrau
- Russian
- жена
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة
- Hindi
- पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 妻子
- Korean
- 아내
- Indonesian
- istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রী
- Tagalog
- asawa
- Swahili
- mke
- Amharic
- ሚስት
- Yoruba
- aya
- Igbo
- nwunye
- Twi
- ɔyere
- Ewe
- srɔ̃
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
yi-KAKH i-SHAH
- clause
KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yi-KAKH i-SHAH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yi-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yi-KAKH i-SHAH
In context — Leviticus 21:14
not take widow divorced woman defiled woman prostitute these but virgin from his people take wife
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word אִשָּֽׁה׃ (ishah) 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 Lev.21.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W12.S1) and character.