אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ
𐤀𐤔𐤕/𐤅
isheto
his wife
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
Judges 21:21 · Word #15
Lexicon H802
| Lemma | אִשָּׁה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤔𐤄 |
| Transliteration | ʼishshâh |
| Strong's | H802 |
| In-context | his wife |
Morphology HNcfsc/Sp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H802-10
his woman
| Root | אנשׁ (ʾ-n-sh) |
| Core Meanings | man, human being, mortal, personhood |
| Semantic Range | woman, wife, female person, spouse; in some contexts may function distributively (“each one’s woman”) or idiomatically for marriage relations. |
| Conceptual Significance | In biblical thought, the "woman" as wife represents covenantal partnership, household identity, and the foundational kinship unit of Israelite society. The term ties female identity to shared humanity with man (אִישׁ), while emphasizing relational belonging within family and covenant structures. |
| Morphological Notes | Hebrew noun, common feminine singular construct (אִשְׁתּ־) with 3ms pronominal suffix (־וֹ), literally “woman of him.” Derived from אִשָּׁה, the feminine counterpart to אִישׁ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun is feminine singular in construct form with a 3rd person masculine singular pronominal suffix, yielding “his woman.” This preserves the gender (feminine singular) and possession (his), while reflecting its derivation as the female counterpart to אִישׁ (man), from the human/mortal semantic field of the root. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root אנשׁ (man, human being, mortal, personhood)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H376-07 |
anashim | men |
H376-12 |
beaneshey | of men |
H802-08 |
ishetekha | your woman |
H376-27 |
laanashim | to mortals |
H802-16 |
laishah | to the woman |
H802-21 |
leisheto | to his woman |
H582-03 |
meenosh | from a frail mortal-man |
H802-26 |
meishah | from a woman |
H802-44 |
uvenasheykha | and in your wives |
H376-43 |
vaanashayv | and his man-kind |
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 |