הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים

𐤄/𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌

hanashim

of the women

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

Esther 2:13 · Word #15

Lexicon H802

Lemmaאִשָּׁה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤔𐤄
Transliterationʼishshâh
Strong'sH802
In-contextof the women

Morphology HTd/Ncfpa 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 a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H802-07

the women

Rootאשה (ʾ-š-h)
Core Meaningswoman, wife, female, womanhood
Semantic Rangeadult women, wives, female members of a group, women collectively, sometimes functioning distributively (each woman) depending on context
Conceptual SignificanceWomen are central to household, covenant continuity, and communal identity in the biblical text; the term can denote both individual wives and the collective body of women within Israel, highlighting their social, familial, and theological significance.
Morphological NotesNoun common feminine plural absolute with prefixed definite article (הַ); irregular plural of אִשָּׁה (woman).
Rendering RationaleThe form הַנָּשִׁים is the definite article plus the irregular feminine plural of אִשָּׁה. The rendering "the women" preserves the definite article (הַ) and the feminine plural absolute form, accurately reflecting gender and number.

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

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

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H802-03 beisheto with his woman-wife
H6247-01 eshet wife of
H802-04 eshet wife of

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