2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf. ) Gn 2:24 , 25 ; 3:8 , 17 ; 4:1 , 17 + often; of one betrothed ( ארשׂ ) Dt 20:7 ; 28:30 ; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Ex 21:3 , 22 ; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Ju 20: 4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Gn 12:1 9; 16:3 ; 34:21 + often (after לָקַח , נָתַן husband or father subj.); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה , woman subj.) Gn 20:12 Nu 36: 3, 6 (×2), 11 , 12 Dt 22:1 9, 29 +; for unfaithful wife cf. 1 ; cstr. in phr. אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶךָ Dt 13:7 cf. 28:5 4; א׳ נְעוּרֶיךָ Pr 5:18 Mal 2:1 4, 15 ; א׳ בְּרִיתֶךָ v 1 4; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step- mother Lv 18:8 , 11 ; 20:11 .
3. Female of animals Gn 7:2 (×2); v. also sub 4 . • 4. With distrib. & recipr. sense, רְעוּתָהּ א׳ מֵאֵת each woman from her neighbour Ex 11:2 ( E ); cf. Ru 1: 8, 9 Je 9:1 9; each one , of birds of prey Is 34:15 cf. v 16 ( del. Bi Ch e); of cows (fig. of heartless women of Isr.) Am 4:3 ; of sheep ( fig. of Isr.) Zc 11:9 ; & of inanimate things ( P , & late) א׳ אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ Ex 26:3 (×2), 5 , 6 , 17 ( P ) Ez 1:9 ( del. C o) v 2 3; 3:13 .
אנת
(
the root of the pron. 2
pers.
in Shemitic:
أَنْتَ
(
˒anta
), (
˒anta
)
anta;
f.
أَنْتِ
(
˒anti
), (
˒anti
)
antī
;
Biblical Aramaic
Kt
אַנְתָּה
(m
.),
å
אַנְתְּ
&
אַתְּ
(both
m.
&
f.
); Syriac
ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁
(
˒at
),
f.
ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܝ
(
˒aty
), the
n
being written but not pronounced; Assyrian
atta
,
f.
atti-e
Dl
§ 55 a, the
nt
being merged in the double
t;
Heb.
similarly. Pl. أَنْتُمْ ( ˒antum ), ( ˒antəmu ) f. أَنْتُنَّ ( ˒antunna ),
n ( ˒antən ) Aramaic אַנְתּוּן , ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܘܢ ( ˒atwn ), f. אַתִּין , ܐܰܢ݈ܬܷ݁ܝܢ ( ˒ateyn ), Assyrian attunu ) .
אַתָּה S 859 TWOT 189 GK 905, 911 , אָתָּה (so regularly; but 26–7 times, with different disj. accents, אַתָּה : v. Fr MM 228; Sta § 178 a (read 8 for 18) pron. 2 s. m. thou ( for anta , v. supr .; cf. נָתַתָּ for נָתַנְתָּ ) Gn 3:1 1, 19 + often. Written
אַתָּ
•1 S 24:18
ψ 6:4
Jb 1:10 Ec 7:22 Ne 9:
6. Appended to a
vb.
for emph.,
Ex 18:19
(×2) 1 S 17:56
שְׁאַל אַתָּה
inquire
thou
,
20:8
;
22:18 Is 43:26
סַפֵּר אַתָּה
. Added for the purpose of strengthening a gen. or accus.
sf.
1 K 21:19 Pr 22:19
(
Ges
§ 135.2).
אתי
, i.e. אַתִּי
, the older & more original form of
אַתְּ
thou
(
fem.
), preserved, prob. dialectically, 7 times in
Kt
,
Ju 17:2 1 K 14:2 2 K 4:1
6,
23
;
8:1 Je
Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyrian Grammer; Fr S. Frensdorff, Massora Magna.