וְ֝/שִׁפְחָ֗ה — Proverbs 30:23 Hebrew Word Study

וְ֝/שִׁפְחָ֗ה

𐤅/𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄

veshifechah

and a female servant

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה); a female slave (as a member of the household); (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

H8198

Proverbs 30:23 · Word #5

Lexicon `H8198`

Lemma	שִׁפְחָה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄
Transliteration	shiphchâh
Strong's	H8198
In-context	and a female servant

Morphology `HC/Ncfsa` 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 `H8198-20`

and a household maidservant

Morphological Notes	Conjunction וְ + noun common feminine singular absolute (Ncfsa). No pronominal suffix; indefinite singular feminine noun.
Rendering Rationale	The noun שִׁפְחָה denotes a female slave understood as belonging to and integrated within a household, reflecting the root idea of being spread out as part of a family unit. The rendering preserves the feminine singular absolute form and includes the prefixed conjunction וְ (“and”).

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Words from Root שׁפח (to spread out, to expand, family extension, household affiliation)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H4940-01`	bemishepechotam	in their extended-clans
`H4940-02`	bemishepechoteyhem	within their spread-out clans
`H8198-01`	beshifechatekha	with your household-maid
`H4940-03`	hamishepachah	the spread-out clan
`H4940-04`	hamishepachot	the clan-groups
`H8198-02`	hashefachot	the household maidservants
`H8198-03`	hashifechah	the household maidservant
`H8198-04`	kashifechah	as the household-servant woman
`H4940-05`	kemishepechot	as the spread-out clans of
`H4940-06`	lamishepachot	to the clan-families
`H4940-07`	lemishepachat	to the spreading-clan-of
`H4940-08`	lemishepachot	to the clan-families
`H4940-09`	lemishepechot	to the clan-families of
`H4940-10`	lemishepechotam	according to their clan-groups
`H4940-11`	lemishepechotayv	according to his clan-families
`H4940-12`	lemishepechoteyhem	to their clan-families
`H4940-13`	lemishepechoteykhem	to your clan-families
`H8198-05`	leshifechah	as a household bondwoman
`H8198-06`	leshifechatekha	to your household-servant woman
`H4940-14`	lmshfchtv	according to his clan-branches
`H4940-15`	mimishepachah	from a clan-circle
`H4940-16`	mimishepachat	from the clan of
`H4940-17`	mimishepachetam	from their clan-circle
`H4940-18`	mimishepacheti	from my clan-circle
`H4940-19`	mimishepacheto	from his clan-circle
`H4940-20`	mimishepechot	from the clan-circles of
`H4940-21`	mishepachah	clan-circle
`H4940-22`	mishepachat	the branching clan of
`H4940-23`	mishepachetam	their branching-clan
`H4940-24`	mishepacheti	my extended clan
`H4940-25`	mishepacheto	his branching clan
`H4940-26`	mishepachot	branching clans
`H4940-27`	mishepechot	extended-clans-of
`H4940-28`	mishepechotam	their branching clans
`H4940-29`	mishepechoteyha	her clan-branches
`H8198-07`	shifechah	household bondwoman
`H8198-08`	shifechat	female household-servant of
`H8198-09`	shifechatah	her household-maiden
`H8198-10`	shifechatekha	your household-maidservant
`H8198-11`	shifechatekhe	your household-bondwoman (to a woman)
`H8198-12`	shifechati	my household bondwoman
`H8198-13`	shifechato	his household bondwoman
`H8198-14`	shifechotayv	his household maidservants
`H8198-15`	shifechoteykha	your household-maidservants
`H8198-16`	shifechoteykhem	your female household-slaves
`H4940-30`	ulemishepachah	and to a clan-branch
`H4940-31`	ulemishepacheto	and to his clan-family
`H4940-32`	ulemishepechot	and to the clan-families of
`H8198-17`	uleshifechatekha	and to your household-maidservant
`H4940-33`	umimishepachetam	and from their clan-circle
`H4940-34`	umimishepechot	and from the clan-circles of
`H4940-35`	umishepachah	and a clan-circle
`H4940-36`	umishepachat	and the clan-of
`H4940-37`	umishepacheti	and my clan-circle
`H4940-38`	umishepachot	and family-clans
`H4940-39`	umishepechot	and clan-groups of
`H8198-18`	ushefachot	and female household-slaves
`H4940-40`	uvemishepacheto	and in his clan-circle
`H4940-41`	vehamishepachah	and the clan-circle
`H8198-19`	velishefachot	and to slave-women

Word Usage (63 occurrences of H8198)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 12:16	וּ/שְׁפָחֹ֔ת	ushefachot	and maidservants
Genesis 16:1	שִׁפְחָ֥ה	shifechah	maidservant
Genesis 16:2	שִׁפְחָתִ֔/י	shifechati	my maid/servant
Genesis 16:3	שִׁפְחָתָ֔/הּ	shifechatah	her maidservant
Genesis 16:5	שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙	shifechati	my servant
Genesis 16:6	שִׁפְחָתֵ/ךְ֙	shifechatekhe	your maidservant
Genesis 16:8	שִׁפְחַ֥ת	shifechat	servant
Genesis 20:14	וּ/שְׁפָחֹ֔ת	ushefachot	and maidservants
Genesis 24:35	וּ/שְׁפָחֹ֔ת	ushefachot	and female servants
Genesis 25:12	שִׁפְחַ֥ת	shifechat	the maidservant
Genesis 29:24	שִׁפְחָת֑/וֹ	shifechato	his servant girl
Genesis 29:24	שִׁפְחָֽה	shifechah	maidservant
Genesis 29:29	שִׁפְחָת֑/וֹ	shifechato	his maidservant
Genesis 29:29	לְ/שִׁפְחָֽה	leshifechah	as a maidservant
Genesis 30:4	שִׁפְחָתָ֖/הּ	shifechatah	her handmaid/servant
Genesis 30:7	שִׁפְחַ֣ת	shifechat	maidservant
Genesis 30:9	שִׁפְחָתָ֔/הּ	shifechatah	her servant
Genesis 30:10	שִׁפְחַ֥ת	shifechat	maidservant
Genesis 30:12	שִׁפְחַ֣ת	shifechat	servant of
Genesis 30:18	שִׁפְחָתִ֖/י	shifechati	my maid/servant
Genesis 30:43	וּ/שְׁפָחוֹת֙	ushefachot	and female servants
Genesis 32:6	וְ/שִׁפְחָ֑ה	veshifechah	and maidservant
Genesis 32:23	שִׁפְחֹתָ֔י/ו	shifechotayv	female servants
Genesis 33:1	הַ/שְּׁפָחֽוֹת	hashefachot	maidservants
Genesis 33:2	הַ/שְּׁפָח֛וֹת	hashefachot	the servants
Genesis 33:6	הַ/שְּׁפָח֛וֹת	hashefachot	the maidservants
Genesis 35:25	שִׁפְחַ֣ת	shifechat	maidservant
Genesis 35:26	שִׁפְחַ֥ת	shifechat	maid
Exodus 11:5	הַ/שִּׁפְחָ֔ה	hashifechah	of the maidservant
Leviticus 19:20	שִׁפְחָה֙	shifechah	a slave woman
Deuteronomy 28:68	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָח֖וֹת	velishefachot	and-as-maids
1 Samuel 1:18	שִׁפְחָתְ/ךָ֛	shifechatekha	your servant
1 Samuel 8:16	שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵי/כֶ֜ם	shifechoteykhem	female-servants
1 Samuel 25:27	שִׁפְחָתְ/ךָ֖	shifechatekha	your servant
1 Samuel 25:41	לְ/שִׁפְחָ֔ה	leshifechah	a servant
1 Samuel 28:21	שִׁפְחָֽתְ/ךָ֙	shifechatekha	your handmaid
1 Samuel 28:22	שִׁפְחָתֶ֔/ךָ	shifechatekha	of your handmaid
2 Samuel 14:6	וּ/לְ/שִׁפְחָֽתְ/ךָ֙	uleshifechatekha	and to your maidservant
2 Samuel 14:7	שִׁפְחָתֶ֗/ךָ	shifechatekha	your servant
2 Samuel 14:12	שִׁפְחָתְ/ךָ֛	shifechatekha	your servant
2 Samuel 14:15	שִׁפְחָֽתְ/ךָ֙	shifechatekha	your-female-servant
2 Samuel 14:17	שִׁפְחָ֣תְ/ךָ֔	shifechatekha	your servant
2 Samuel 14:19	שִׁפְחָֽתְ/ךָ֔	shifechatekha	of your handmaid
2 Samuel 17:17	הַ/שִּׁפְחָה֙	hashifechah	the servant girl
2 Kings 4:2	לְ/שִׁפְחָתְ/ךָ֥	leshifechatekha	your maidservant has
2 Kings 4:16	בְּ/שִׁפְחָתֶֽ/ךָ	beshifechatekha	to your maidservant
2 Kings 5:26	וּ/שְׁפָחֽוֹת	ushefachot	and female servants
Isaiah 14:2	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָח֑וֹת	velishefachot	and handmaids
Isaiah 24:2	כַּ/שִּׁפְחָ֖ה	kashifechah	as with the maid
Jeremiah 34:9	שִׁפְחָת֛/וֹ	shifechato	his female servant
Jeremiah 34:10	שִׁפְחָת/וֹ֙	shifechato	his maidservant
Jeremiah 34:11	הַ/שְּׁפָח֔וֹת	hashefachot	the female servants
Jeremiah 34:11	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָחֽוֹת	velishefachot	and for female servants
Jeremiah 34:16	שִׁפְחָת֔/וֹ	shifechato	his female servant
Jeremiah 34:16	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָחֽוֹת	velishefachot	and female servants
Joel 3:2	הַ/שְּׁפָח֑וֹת	hashefachot	the handmaidens
Psalms 123:2	שִׁפְחָה֮	shifechah	a maid
Proverbs 30:23	וְ֝/שִׁפְחָ֗ה	veshifechah	and a female servant
Ruth 2:13	שִׁפְחָתֶ֑/ךָ	shifechatekha	your maidservant
Ruth 2:13	שִׁפְחֹתֶֽי/ךָ	shifechoteykha	of your maidservants
Ecclesiastes 2:7	וּ/שְׁפָח֔וֹת	ushefachot
Esther 7:4	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָח֤וֹת	velishefachot	and female slaves
2 Chronicles 28:10	וְ/לִ/שְׁפָח֖וֹת	velishefachot	and-for-female-slaves

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Lexicon H8198

Morphology HC/Ncfsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H8198-20

Words from Root שׁפח (to spread out, to expand, family extension, household affiliation)

Word Usage (63 occurrences of H8198)

Lexicon `H8198`

Morphology `HC/Ncfsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H8198-20`