Original Language Studio
Leviticus 21:7
“They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אִשָּׁהʼishshâh · ish-shaw'
H802 · Hebrew
H802 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a woman
- Derivation
- feminine of H376 (אִישׁ) or H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ); irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ))
- KJV renderings
- (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
- Grammar
- אִשָּׁ֨ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 781 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:22Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Genesis 2:25Genesis 3:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אִשָּׁה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.