נְשֵׁי/הֶ֑ם

𐤍𐤔𐤉/𐤄𐤌

nesheyhem

their 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

Ezra 10:19 · Word #4

Lexicon H802

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

Morphology HNcfpc/Sp3mp 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 H802-35

their women

Rootאשה (ʾ-š-h)
Core Meaningswoman, wife, female, womanhood
Semantic Rangewoman, wife, female person, spouse, each woman, women collectively; sometimes used idiomatically for households or family units.
Conceptual Significanceאִשָּׁה represents the foundational female counterpart in Israel’s covenantal household structure. References to "their women" often highlight family identity, inheritance continuity, and communal integrity within Israelite society.
Morphological NotesCommon feminine noun in irregular plural construct form (נְשֵׁי) from אִשָּׁה, with 3mp pronominal suffix (הֶם). Functions as a construct chain meaning "women/wives of them."
Rendering RationaleThe form is a feminine plural construct ("women of") with a 3rd person masculine plural suffix ("their"), yielding "their women." This preserves both the plural feminine sense of the noun and the masculine plural possessive indicated in the morphology.

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

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