אִשָּׁה 775 noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic

, Sabean
אנתֿת etc. DHM
ZK 1884, 360, Aramaic
אִתְּתָא,
אִנְתְּתָא,
אִתָּא,

, Palmyrene, Nabataean
אנתתא, Ethiopic

Phoenician
אשת, Assyrian
aššatu COT
Gloss) —
א׳ absolute Genesis 2:33 +; construct
אֵשֶׁת Genesis 11:29 + (apparently absolute
Deuteronomy 21:11;
1 Samuel 28:7;
Psalm 58:9 but compare Bö
§ 728 Ges
§ 130. 5); suffix
אִשְׁתִּי Genesis 20:11 +;
אִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 12:18 + (
אֶשְׁתְּךָ Psalm 128:3), etc.;
Plural אִשֹּׁת Ezekiel 23:44 (Co
לעשׂות);
נָשִׁים Genesis 4:19 +; construct
נְשֵׁי Genesis 4:23 +; suffix
נָשַׁי Genesis 30:26;
1 Kings 20:7;
נְשֵׁיכֶם Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; —
1. woman Genesis 3:1,
2;
Genesis 12:11 +; opposed to man
Genesis 2:22,
23;
Exodus 35:29;
Exodus 36:6;
Deuteronomy 7:2,
5;
Deuteronomy 22:22;
1 Samuel 21:5 +;
א׳ emphatic
a Genuine (or ideal)
woman Ecclesiastes 7:28 (||
אדם); simile of men as feeble, timid
Jeremiah 50:37;
Jeremiah 51:30; note especially
הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Numbers 31:18 (P); as conceiving
Exodus 2:2;
Leviticus 12:2;
2 Samuel 11:5 +; travailing
Jeremiah 13:21; bearing children
Judges 13:24;
1 Kings 3:18; compare
Job 14:1;
Job 15:14;
Job 25:4 +, etc.; suckling
Isaiah 49:15;
אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11;
דֶּרֶח נָשִׁים Genesis 31:35; with adjective, or app.,
מֵינֶקֶת א׳ nursing woman, nurse Exodus 2:7;
זוֺנָה א׳ harlot Joshua 2:1;
Joshua 6:22;
Judges 11:1;
Judges 16:1;
1 Kings 3:16;
Proverbs 6:26;
Jeremiah 3:3;
Ezekiel 16:30;
Ezekiel 23:44; so
זָרָה א׳ Proverbs 2:16;
Proverbs 7:5; compare also
Ezekiel 23:44 above;
מְנָאָ֑פֶת א׳ adulteress Proverbs 30:20 (compare
אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ Proverbs 6:26),
אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Hosea 1:2;
נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign women 1 Kings 11:1,
8;
Ezra 10:2,
10,
11,
14,
17,
18,
44;
Nehemiah 13:26,
27 (compare
Nehemiah 13:23);
חֲכָמָה א׳ wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd
2 Samuel 14:2;
2 Samuel 20:16, etc.; also
מִּילֶגֶשׁ א׳ concubine Judges 19:1,
27:
אַלְמָנָה א׳ widow 2 Samuel 14:5;
1 Kings 11:26;
1 Kings 17:9,
10;
נְבִיאָה א׳ prophetess Judges 4:4; also construct before noun of quality
אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע Proverbs 6:24;
בְּסִילוּת א׳ Proverbs 9:13;
חֵן א׳ Proverbs 11:16;
חַיִל א׳ Proverbs 12:4;
Proverbs 31:10;
Ruth 3:11;
מִדְיָנִים א׳ Proverbs 21:9;
Proverbs 25:24;
Proverbs 27:15;
וָכָ֑עַס מ׳ א׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually construct or suffix)
Genesis 2:24,
25;
Genesis 3:8,
17;
Genesis 4:1,
17 + often; of one betrothed (
ארשׂ)
Deuteronomy 20:7;
Deuteronomy 28:30;
בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Exodus 21:3,
22;
אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Judges 20:4;
לְאִשָּׁה to wife Genesis 2:22;
Genesis 12:19;
Genesis 16:3;
Genesis 34:21 + often (after
לָקַח,
נָתַן husband or father subject);
for wife (after
הָֽיְתָה, woman subject)
Genesis 20:12;
Numbers 36:3,
6 (twice in verse);
Numbers 36:11,
12;
Deuteronomy 22:19,
29 +; for unfaithful wife compare
1; construct in phrase
אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; compare
Deuteronomy 28:54;
נְעוּרֶיךָ א׳ Proverbs 5:18;
Malachi 2:14,
15;
בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ א׳ Malachi 2:14;
אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother
Leviticus 18:8,
11;
Leviticus 20:11.
3. Female of animals
Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); see also below
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