From Proto-Semitic *ʾanθ-at-. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ảṯt), Арамејски אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), אִיתְּתָא (ʾittəṯā), Арапски أُنْثَى (ʾunṯā).

אִשָּׁה ('ishá) [образац: קִטְלָה]

  1. woman (adult female human)
  2. wife (female spouse)
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) a female animal
    • Genesis 7:2, with translation of the King James Version:
      מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּקַּח לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּמִן הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא טְהֹרָה הִוא שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ׃
      Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Related to אֵשׁ ('ésh, fire), which is from Proto-Semitic *ʾiš-.

אִשָּׁה ('ishé)

  1. (biblical) burnt offering