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Hebrew · H802, H259

אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד

A woman · properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first

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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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אֶחָד H259 properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first
Pronunciation echad
One fundamentally means "united" or "unified" — emphasizing wholeness and integration rather than mere singularity or counting.
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What does אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד (eshet ha'echad) mean in the Bible?

אִשָּׁה · אֶחָד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman".

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Meaning

a woman
Word Origins

אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד is built from these roots:

אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֱנוֹשׁ H582 properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120 ); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
אֱנוֹשׁ H582 properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120 ); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

310 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: OSHB — CC BY 4.0
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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