What does אִשָּׁה · בָּעַל · בַּעַל mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · בָּעַל · בַּעַל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman married to a husband".
Hebrew · H802, H1166, H1167
אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת בָּעַל
A woman · to be master ; hence, to marry · a master ; hence, a husband , or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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בָּעַל H1166 to be master ; hence, to marry
Pronunciation bāʿal
Mastery semantically grounds marriage; the husband exercises proprietary dominion over the wife in patriarchal ideology
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בַּעַל H1167 a master ; hence, a husband , or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Pronunciation baʿal
Master through possession and control; extends from literal ownership to relational authority as husband or lord
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What does אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת בָּעַל (ishah be'ulat ba'al) mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · בָּעַל · בַּעַל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman married to a husband".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H802, H1166, H1167?
H802, H1166, H1167 is connected to 880 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a woman married to a husband
Strong's H802, H1166, H1167
Lexical occurrences 880 verses Source Gloss
a woman married to a husband
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת בָּעַל is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain