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ʾiššā אִשָּׁה ‘woman’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: feminine of ʾīš אִישׁ ‘man’ or ʾĕnōš אֱנוֹשׁ ‘human’
Roots: אישׁ אנושׁ אנושׁ

ʾiššā n, f
1) woman, wife, female
 1a) woman (opposite of man)
 1b) wife (woman married to a man)
 1c) female (of animals)
 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Mentioned in Genesis 2:24, 11:29, 20:12, 24:7, 24:38, 24:40, 28:2, 31:35, 34:4, 37:2, 44:27, 45:19, 46:5, 24:5, 24:8, 20:2, 20:3, 20:14, 20:17, 20:18, 26:8, 26:9, 26:10, 26:11, 17:19, 17:15, 18:11, 20:11, 23:19, 24:15, 25:1, 25:10, 28:9, 49:31, 11:31, 12:5, 12:14, 12:17, 12:18, 13:1, 16:1, 16:3, 24:36, 24:37, 24:39, 24:44, 24:51, 39:7, 39:8, 39:19, 2:22, 2:23, 2:25, 3:8, 3:12, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 6:2, 3:17, 4:25, 36:17, 24:67, 18:9, 18:10, 36:2, 36:14, 36:18, 41:45, 38:8, 38:9, 19:15, 4:23, 14:16, 36:6, 4:19, 32:23, 12:19, 25:20, 26:7, 19:26, 3:15, 39:9, 26:34, 20:7, 31:50, 3:16, 7:2, 12:20, 19:16, 34:21, 3:1, 3:2, 3:6, 3:13, 3:4, 6:18, 7:7, 7:13, 12:11, 12:15, 24:4, 27:46, 28:1, 29:21, 30:4, 34:12, 33:5, 36:10, 36:12, 36:13, 24:3, 38:14, 21:21, 12:12, 28:6, 34:8, 4:17, 8:16, 8:18, 25:21, 29:28, 30:9, 30:26, 31:17, 34:29, 36:39, 38:6, 38:12, 38:20, 46:19, 46:26 Exodus 6:25, 6:23, 21:4, 21:5, 6:20, 15:20, 32:2, 21:28, 21:29, 11:2, 26:5, 26:6, 26:17, 2:7, 26:3, 18:2, 22:15, 35:22, 35:29, 36:6, 19:15, 1:19, 18:5, 18:6, 4:20, 22:23, 21:3, 20:17, 2:9, 21:22, 35:25, 2:2, 3:22, 35:26 Codex Leviticus 18:8, 18:11, 18:14, 20:11, 20:27, 13:29, 13:38, 15:25, 19:20, 18:16, 20:21, 26:26, 18:18, 15:18, 20:10, 20:13, 20:14, 20:18, 21:7, 24:10, 12:2, 18:19, 18:20, 20:16, 24:11, 21:14, 15:19, 18:15, 18:17, 18:22, 18:23, 21:13 Numbers 25:15, 30:4, 30:17, 36:3, 36:6, 36:8, 36:12, 16:27, 5:6, 31:35, 12:1, 26:59, 5:14, 5:30, 6:2, 5:26, 25:8, 5:15, 5:12, 5:19, 5:27, 5:29, 5:31, 31:17, 5:25, 14:3, 5:21, 5:22, 5:28, 5:18, 5:24, 31:9, 31:18, 32:26, 36:11 Deuteronomy 13:7, 21:13, 22:16, 22:19, 22:29, 23:1, 27:20, 17:5, 22:24, 21:15, 17:2, 24:3, 29:17, 5:21, 25:5, 25:11, 28:54, 24:5, 24:4, 20:7, 28:30, 20:14, 22:13, 22:22, 24:1, 31:12, 22:14, 22:5, 2:34, 3:6, 3:19, 17:17, 21:11, 29:10 Joshua 1:14, 15:17, 2:4, 2:1, 6:21, 8:25, 6:22, 15:16, 8:35 Judges 11:2, 14:2, 14:3, 14:10, 14:15, 14:16, 15:1, 15:6, 21:22, 9:49, 9:53, 19:26, 19:27, 16:4, 4:17, 4:21, 5:24, 13:21, 1:13, 13:2, 13:11, 13:6, 13:9, 19:1, 13:10, 16:27, 20:4, 21:1, 21:10, 21:21, 9:54, 13:3, 13:13, 13:22, 16:1, 21:23, 13:23, 3:6, 1:12, 4:9, 21:16, 21:18, 9:51, 21:7, 13:20, 4:4, 8:30, 11:1, 13:19, 13:24, 14:1, 14:7, 14:20, 21:11, 21:14 1 Samuel 25:3, 25:14, 25:39, 25:40, 25:42, 27:3, 30:5, 25:37, 14:50, 15:33, 1:15, 1:26, 2:22, 28:7, 28:8, 28:9, 1:2, 25:43, 19:11, 21:5, 1:23, 4:19, 15:3, 18:27, 22:19, 27:9, 27:11, 30:2, 30:3, 30:22, 18:17, 1:18, 28:23, 28:13, 1:19, 28:12, 28:21, 18:7, 1:4, 2:20, 21:6, 28:11, 28:24, 18:6, 18:19, 25:44, 30:18 2 Samuel 3:8, 14:9, 2:2, 3:3, 11:21, 14:27, 17:20, 14:2, 11:27, 14:5, 11:11, 12:8, 14:12, 14:18, 14:19, 12:24, 1:26, 20:22, 11:3, 11:26, 12:9, 12:10, 12:15, 6:19, 5:13, 20:21, 3:14, 14:4, 14:8, 19:6, 20:3, 20:16, 20:17, 3:5, 14:13, 11:5, 12:11, 11:2, 15:16, 17:19 1 Kings 7:14, 11:4, 2:17, 2:21, 3:17, 3:26, 11:1, 3:16, 21:25, 11:19, 14:2, 14:4, 14:5, 14:6, 4:15, 17:17, 3:22, 16:31, 21:5, 21:7, 3:18, 17:24, 17:10, 20:5, 20:7, 11:8, 11:26, 17:9, 20:3, 9:16, 3:19, 4:11, 11:3, 14:17 2 Kings 6:26, 8:5, 24:15, 8:18, 4:1, 8:6, 22:14, 8:2, 4:8, 6:28, 4:17, 8:1, 8:3, 14:9, 23:7, 5:2, 6:30 Isaiah 45:10, 27:11, 32:9, 4:1, 34:16, 34:15, 49:15, 54:6, 3:12, 13:16, 19:16 Jeremiah 7:18, 35:8, 44:9, 49:22, 50:37, 9:19, 38:22, 13:21, 40:7, 41:16, 43:6, 3:1, 6:12, 8:10, 44:15, 14:16, 5:8, 6:11, 18:21, 44:7, 51:22, 3:20, 29:6, 38:23, 44:20, 44:24, 44:25, 29:23, 3:3, 16:2, 48:41, 51:30 Ezekiel 22:11, 23:2, 16:30, 23:44, 3:13, 1:9, 1:23, 16:34, 9:6, 16:32, 33:26, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15, 8:14, 24:18, 44:22, 23:48, 16:41, 23:10 Hosea 3:1, 1:2, 2:4, 12:13 Amos 7:17, 4:3 Micah 2:9 Nahum 3:13 Zechariah 5:7, 5:9, 11:9, 14:2, 12:12, 12:13, 12:14 Malachi 2:15, 2:14 Psalms 109:9, 58:9, 128:3 Proverbs 19:13, 19:14, 14:1, 30:20, 6:26, 31:3, 6:29, 2:16, 7:5, 11:22, 21:19, 5:18, 6:24, 6:32, 7:10, 9:13, 11:16, 12:4, 18:22, 21:9, 25:24, 27:15, 31:10, 31:30 Job 42:15, 14:1, 31:10, 25:4, 2:9, 31:9, 15:14, 19:17 Song of Songs 1:8, 6:1, 5:9 Ruth 4:10, 1:4, 1:1, 1:2, 1:5, 1:9, 3:8, 3:14, 3:11, 4:11, 4:13, 4:14, 1:8, 4:5 Lamentations 2:20, 4:10, 5:11 Ecclesiastes 7:28, 9:9, 7:26 Esther 3:13, 8:11, 2:15, 2:17, 5:10, 5:14, 6:13, 4:11, 1:9, 1:17, 2:12, 2:3, 2:8, 2:13, 2:14, 2:11, 1:20, 2:9 Daniel 11:37, 11:17 Ezra 10:11, 10:3, 10:18, 10:17, 10:19, 10:1, 10:10, 10:44, 10:2, 10:14, 2:61 Nehemiah 4:8, 13:26, 8:3, 5:1, 8:2, 10:29, 12:43, 13:27, 13:23, 7:63 1 Chronicles 2:24, 4:5, 4:18, 4:19, 7:4, 8:29, 9:35, 2:29, 3:3, 7:16, 2:26, 7:15, 16:3, 7:23, 2:18, 1:50, 2:35, 8:8, 8:9, 14:3 2 Chronicles 2:13, 29:9, 13:21, 11:18, 11:21, 28:8, 21:6, 22:11, 15:13, 8:11, 25:18, 34:22, 21:17, 31:18, 11:23, 20:13, 21:14, 24:3

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