Lexical Definition

‎אָחוֹת‎ ʼâchôwth (aw-khoth') sister ^H:N-F
irregular feminine of ‎אָח‎

(an-) other, sister, together.

• a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)

1) sister
1a) sister (same parents)
1b) half-sister (same father)
1c) relative
1c1)(metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship
1d) beloved
1d1) bride
1e) (fig.) of intimate connection
1f) another

See Greek: ἀδελφή · ἕτερος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָחוֺת‎₁₁₄ noun feminine sister (Phoenician ‎אחת‎, Aramaic ‎אֲחָת‎ , Arabic , Assyrian a—âtu, Dl^{w, Ethiopic} Sabean in proper name ‎אחֿתאמהו‎ Os^{ZMG 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 Nö^{ZMG 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 vExod 26:5, tenons vExod 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.

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