אשה
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| א־נ־שׁ (ʾ-n-š) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanθ-at-. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ảṯt), Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), אִיתְּתָא (ʾittəṯā), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʾunṯā).
Alternative forms
- אישה
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)iˈʃa/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ʔiʃˈʃɔː]
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
- Genesis 7:2, with translation of the King James Version:
- 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.
- Genesis 7:2, with translation of the King James Version:
Declension
Declension of אִשָּׁה
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Derived terms
- אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ ('éshet 'ísh)
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
- “אשה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Etymology 2
Related to אֵשׁ ('ésh, “fire”), which is from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.
Noun
אִשֶּׁה • ('ishé) f (plural indefinite אִשִּׁים, singular construct אִשֵּׁה־, plural construct אִשֵּׁי־)
- (biblical) burnt offering
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, page 194-195