The meaning of “אִשָּׁה”
Understanding ʼishshâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym (naw-sheem');(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ) (a...
אִשָּׁה
feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym (naw-sheem');(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ) (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English. - a woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:15 | “And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.” Word: אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) | |
| Judges 13:24 | “And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.” Word: אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 7:4 | “And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.” Word: אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) | |
| Psalms 109:9 | “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” Word: אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) | |
| Lamentations 4:10 | “The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.” Word: אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) |
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