לְ/נָשִׁ֔ים

𐤋/𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌

lenashim

as 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

Genesis 34:21 · Word #19

Lexicon H802

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

Morphology HR/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 H802-24

to women

Rootאישׁ (ʾ-y-š)
Core Meaningsman, human being, individual person; by gender distinction, woman as female counterpart
Semantic Rangewomen (adult females), wives, female members of a household or community; in some contexts contrasted with men, children, or leaders.
Conceptual SignificanceWomen (נָשִׁים) are central to covenantal family structure, inheritance, and communal identity in Israel. The term can denote biological females broadly or specifically wives within marriage, underscoring the social and theological importance of household continuity and relational roles in biblical thought.
Morphological NotesPreposition לְ ("to/for") + noun common feminine plural absolute of אִשָּׁה; irregular plural form נָשִׁים; no pronominal suffix.
Rendering RationaleThe noun נָשִׁים is the irregular feminine plural of אִשָּׁה (woman), and the prefixed לְ indicates direction or relation, "to" or "for." Rendering it as "to women" preserves the feminine plural form and clearly reflects the prefixed preposition.

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

Words from Root אישׁ (man, human being, individual person; by gender distinction, woman as female counterpart)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H376-06 anasheynu our man-folk
H376-09 anesheyhen their men-husbands
H376-17 ish individual man
H376-22 keaneshey like men of
H376-25 laanashayv to his man-servants
H802-18 leeshet to the wife of
H376-31 leishekhe to your man
H376-33 lemeish from a man
H376-41 umeishah and from her man
H376-42 uveaneshey and of the men
H376-44 vaanasheykha and your men

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