נְשֵׁ֤י

𐤍𐤔𐤉

neshey

wives

feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

H802

2 Samuel 12:8 · Word #7

Lexicon H802

Lemmaאִשָּׁה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤔𐤄
Transliterationʼishshâh
Strong'sH802
In-contextwives

Morphology HNcfpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H802-34

women of

Rootאשה (ʾ-š-h)
Core Meaningswoman, wife, female, womanhood
Semantic Rangewomen, wives, female members of a group, women belonging to a household or people, sometimes used distributively (each woman)
Conceptual SignificanceIn biblical literature, אִשָּׁה and its plural forms denote both individual women and covenantal partners (wives), highlighting familial structure, lineage, inheritance, and covenant continuity within Israelite society.
Morphological NotesNoun common feminine plural construct (HNcfpc). From the irregular plural נָשִׁים of אִשָּׁה; נְשֵׁי is the construct form used before a following noun to express "women/wives of."
Rendering RationaleThe form נְשֵׁי is the feminine plural construct of אִשָּׁה, meaning "woman" or "wife." The rendering "women of" preserves the plural feminine sense and reflects the construct state, indicating possession or association with what follows.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אשה (woman, wife, female, womanhood)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H802-02 beisheto with his woman-wife
H802-03 eshet wife of
H802-04 eshetekha your woman-wife
H802-06 hanashim the women
H802-09 isheti my woman
H802-11 ishot women of
H802-12 kanashim like the women
H802-13 keishah as a woman
H802-17 lanashim to the women
H802-22 lenashay for my wives
H802-23 lenashayv to his women
H802-27 minashim from women
H802-29 nashay my wives
H802-30 nashayv his women/wives
H802-31 nasheykha your women
H802-33 nashim women
H802-35 nesheyhem their women
H802-36 nesheykhem your women (your wives)
H802-40 unesheykhem and your wives
H802-41 uveeshet and with the wife of
H802-43 uveisheto and with his woman-wife
H802-45 veeshet and wife of
H802-47 vehanashim and the women
H802-48 veishah and a woman
H802-49 veishetekha and your woman-wife
H802-52 velinesheykhem and for your women
H802-54 venasheykha and your women
H2977-01 yoshiyahu Yah-founded (one)

Word Usage (781 occurrences of H802)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:22 לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה leishah into a woman
Genesis 2:23 אִשָּׁ֔ה ishah woman
Genesis 2:24 בְּ/אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ beisheto to his wife
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