BDB315
אָחוֺת114
noun feminine
sister (Phoenician אחת, Aramaic אֲחָת
[untranscribed source text 142], Arabic
[untranscribed source text 143], Assyrian
a—âtu
, Dlw, Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 144] Sabean in proper name אחֿתאמהו
OsZMG 1865, 273) — absolute ׳
אָ
2Sam 13:1 +
(never with article); construct אֲחוֺת
Gen 4:22 +; suffix
אֲחֹתִי (אֲחוֺתִי) Gen 12:13 +, etc.; plural suffix אַחְוֺתַי
(
Qr
אַחְיוֺתַי) Josh 2:13
אֲחוֺתַיִח
Ezek 16:51 (
Qr
;
Kt
אחותך) + 2 t. (Co all ׳
אחיו); אַחֲיוֺתֵח
Ezek 16:52 (
Co
תֿיך); אֲחוֺתֵח
Ezek 16:52
(must be plural, but strike out Co); אַחְיֹתָיו
Job 42:11
אֲחוֺתֵיכֶם
Hos 2:3
אַחְיֹתֵיהֶם
1Chr 2:16; Job 1:4 —
1.
sister
Gen 4:22; Gen 12:13;
Gen 12:19;
Gen 20:2; Gen 20:5; Gen 20:12
(same father, different mother) so Lev 18:11 compare Ezek 22:11; Gen 24:30 (twice in verse) +, Exod 2:4; Exod 2:7; Lev 18:9 (either
parent same) so
Deut 27:22; Num
6:7; 2Sam
13:1;
2Sam 13:2; 2Sam 13:4 +, Song 8:8 (twice in verse); called upon, in mourning for dead Jer 22:18 =
near relative Gen
24:59;
Gen 24:60 (or because Laban prominent ? so Di); /man of same
nationality Num
25:18 compare
Hos 2:3.
2. = beloved Song 4:9; Song 4:10; Song 4:12; Song 5:12 (4 t. || כַּלָּה
bride; phrase originally implying that marriage with half-sister — of same father — was
allowed? compare NöZMG 1886, 150 & Gen 20:12).
3. symbolic of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem Jer 3:7; Jer 3:8; Jer 3:10; Ezek 16:45; Ezek 16:52 (twice in verse) (strike out Co) +, Ezek 23:4; Ezek 23:11 +.
4.
figurative of intimate connection קָרָאתִי ֗֗֗ אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה
Job 17:14
אֱמֹר לַחָכְמָה
אֲחֹתִי אַתְּ
Prov 7:4.
5.. another, אִשָּׁה אֶלאֲֿחֹתָהּ, of curtains of tabernacle
Exod 26:3 (twice in
verse); Exod 26:6
loops Exod 26:5,
tenons Exod 26:17
of wings of living creatures, Ezekiel's vision Ezek 1:9; Ezek 1:23; Ezek 3:13 not of persons, but see
רְעוּת
.