אִשָּׁ֨ה

𐤀𐤔𐤄

ishah

a woman

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

Leviticus 21:7 · Word #1

Lexicon H802

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

Morphology HNcfsa 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 a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H802-07

a woman

Rootאיש (ʾ-y-š)
Core Meaningsman, individual, human being; by gender distinction, woman as female counterpart
Semantic Rangewoman, wife, female person, each/any woman (in distributive use), sometimes idiomatically marking gender distinction or marital relationship
Conceptual Significanceאִשָּׁה expresses the foundational gender pairing of humanity (man and woman) in the biblical worldview, especially in covenantal and familial contexts. It carries social, legal, and theological weight in matters of marriage, lineage, inheritance, and covenant faithfulness.
Morphological NotesCommon feminine singular noun in the absolute state; irregular plural נָשִׁים (nāšîm). Frequently used both for an adult female and for a wife, depending on context.
Rendering RationaleThe noun is feminine singular absolute (HNcfsa), so the rendering preserves its singular feminine sense as "a woman." Though etymologically related to אִישׁ (man), it distinctly denotes the female counterpart, and the English term "woman" maintains this gendered distinction inherent in the Hebrew form.

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

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

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H376-01 anashay my man-folk
H376-02 anashayv his man-kind
H376-03 anashey men of
H376-04 anasheyha men of her
H376-05 anasheykha your men
H376-08 aneshey men of
H376-10 baanashim these men
H376-11 baish the man
H376-13 beish in a man
H376-15 haanashim the men
H802-05 haishah the woman
H376-19 ishi my man
H376-23 keish as a man
H380-01 keishon as the little-man-of
H376-24 khaish the man
H802-14 khanashim like the women
H802-15 kheishah like a woman
H376-26 laanasheykha to your men
H376-28 laish the man
H376-29 leaneshey to the men
H376-30 leish to a man
H802-19 leishah to a woman
H802-20 leisheti to my wife
H376-32 leishi to my man
H376-35 mehaanashim from the men
H376-36 meish from **a-man**
H802-32 nasheynu our women
H376-38 uleish and to/for a man
H376-39 uleishah and to her man / and to a woman
H376-40 umeaneshey and from men of
H376-45 vaanashim and men
H376-46 vaish the man
H376-47 veaneshey and the men of
H376-48 veanesheyhem and their menfolk
H376-49 vehaanashim and the men
H802-50 veisheto and his wife
H802-51 velaishah and to the woman

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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