Elisheba
e.li.she.va is the proper name of Aaron’s wife, identified as Amminadab’s daughter and Nahshon’s sister.
The attested use is a proper name identifying Aaron’s wife within a family notice: she is called the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, and mother of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Senses in use
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Personal name in a family notice · dominant
In Exodus 6:23, the form is tagged as a proper noun and identifies the woman whom Aaron took as wife. In Exodus 6:23 the APB renders the clause “Aaron took Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as a wife for himself,” and then names the sons she bore to him.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 6:23, the APB presents the name as “Elisheba” in Aaron’s marriage and family line. It confirms the verse’s identification rather than isolating further lexical nuance.