אשה
Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʾanθ-at-. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ảṯt), Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), אִיתְּתָא (ʾittəṯā), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā).
Pronunciation
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Noun
אִשָּׁה • ('ishá) f (plural indefinite נָשִׁים, singular construct אֵשֶׁת־, plural construct נְשׁוֹת־ or נְשֵׁי־, masculine counterpart אִישׁ) [pattern: קִטְלָה]
- woman (adult female human)
- wife (female spouse)
- (Biblical Hebrew) a female animal
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- KJV
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- מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּקַּח לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּמִן הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא טְהֹרָה הִוא שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ׃
- Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Declension
Declension of אִשָּׁה
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אִשָּׁה | first | אִשְׁתִּי | אִשְׁתֵּנוּ | ||
definite | הָאִשָּׁה | second | אִשְׁתְּךָ | אִשְׁתֵּךְ | אִשְׁתְּכֶם | אִשְׁתְּכֶן | |
construct | אֵשֶׁת־ | third | אִשְׁתּוֹ | אִשְׁתָּהּ | אִשְׁתָּם | אִשְׁתָּן | |
plural | indefinite | נָשִׁים | first | נשותיי / נְשׁוֹתַי | נְשׁוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַנָּשִׁים | second | נְשׁוֹתֶיךָ | נשותייך / נְשׁוֹתַיִךְ | נְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם | נְשׁוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | נְשׁוֹת־ | third | נְשׁוֹתָיו | נְשׁוֹתֶיהָ | נְשׁוֹתָם | נְשׁוֹתָן | |
plural | indefinite | נָשִׁים | first | נשיי / נָשַׁי | נָשֵׁינוּ | ||
definite | הַנָּשִׁים | second | נָשֶׁיךָ | נשייך / נָשַׁיִךְ | נְשֵׁיכֶם | נְשֵׁיכֶן | |
construct | נְשֵׁי־ | third | נָשָׁיו | נָשֶׁיהָ | נְשֵׁיהֶם | נְשֵׁיהֶן |
References
- H802 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 233
Etymology 2
Related to אֵשׁ ('ésh, “fire”), which is from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.
Noun
אִשָּׁה • ('ishé) f (plural indefinite אִשִּׁים, singular construct אִשֵּׁה־, plural construct אִשֵּׁי־)
Synonyms
- עוֹלָה ('olá)
References
- H801 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 194-195
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