אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh · H490 · Hebrew · 54 occurrences
Meanings
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widow
Woman whose husband has died and therefore has difficulty caring for herself; regarded as one of the weaker members of the society and should therefore receive special care, together with the aliens, the fatherless, and other people who are poor
ExamplesGenesis 38:11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up”; for he thought, “I am afraid that he too may die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
Leviticus 21:14 ‘A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,
Leviticus 22:13 ‘But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; but no layman shall eat of it.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּhis 4
- ךָyour 1
- הּher 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- שַׁעַרgate 2
- גּוּרto sojourn 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- קֶרֶבmidst, among, inner parts 1
Named alongside itApposition
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 5
What it doesIt is the subject
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- בָּכָהto cry 2
- שָׂמַחto rejoice, to be glad 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- עָצַםto be numerous 1
- בָּטַחto trust, to rely on 1
What is done to itIt is the object
16 occurrences in 12 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 4
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵםmother 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 5
- כlike/as 3
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- χήρα chḗra · G5503 · widow
- Greek χήρα is the standard translation equivalent of Hebrew אַלְמָנָה in its primary 'widow' sense, directly rendering the social-legal status of a woman whose husband has died; the Hebrew's secondary 'desolate house/palace' sense (metaphorical extension) does not carry into the Greek lexeme.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Classes001001003001
- אַלְמָנָה names the widow as a social class, a vulnerable group the law repeatedly commands not to be oppressed.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H490. almanah אַלְמָנָה54 noun feminine widow (Mishna id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP…
אַלְמָנָה54 noun feminine widow (Mishna id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP 114) — ׳א Gen 38:11 +; no construct; plural אַלְמָנוֺת Exo 22:23 +; plural suffix אַלְמְנוֺתָיו Job 27:18, etc. — widow 1Ki 17:20; אַ ׳אִשָּׁה 2Sa 14:5 (|| אִישִׁי וַיָּ֫מָת) 1Ki 7:14; 1Ki 11:26; 1Ki 17:9-10, Gen 38:11 (J; living in father's house) compare Lev 22:13 (H; || גְּרוּשָׁה); Lev 21:14 (H), where widow forbidden as wife of high priest, like זֹנָה חֲלָלָה, גְּרוּשָׁה, compare Eze 44:22 (3 t. in verse) (id. of all priests, except widow of priest); Num 30:10 (P; of widow's vow, || גְּרוּשָׁה); אַלְמָנוֺת נְשֵׁיכֶם = ye shall be slain Exo 22:23 (|| יְתֹמִים בְּנֵיכֶם) compare Psa 109:9; Jer 15:8; Jer 18:21; Eze 22:25, also Lam 5:3; (simile); of those snatched away by pestilence תִבְכֶּינָה לֹא אַלְמְנוֺתָיו Job 27:15; by sword, id., Psa 78:64; ᵐ5 We read חַיּוֺת אַלְמָנוֺת 2Sa 20:3 (see אַלְמָנוּת below) of imprisoned concubines; figurative of Jerusalem Lam 1:1; Babylon Isa 47:8; especially widow as helpless, exposed to oppression & harsh treatment (often || יָתוֺם, & גֵּר); Isa 1:23; Isa 10:2; Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 31:16; Psa 94:6; Mal 3:5; harshness forbidden, & care for them enjoined Exo 22:21 (E) Deu 14:29; Deu 16:11, Deu 16:14; Deu 24:17, Deu 24:19, Deu 24:20, Deu 24:21; Deu 26:12-13, Deu 27:19; Isa 1:17; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Zec 7:10, compare Job 29:13; under especially care of God Deu 10:18; Jer 49:11; Pro 15:25; Psa 68:6; Psa 146:9; once of severity of judgment in not sparing widow Isa 9:16. (׳אַל Isa 13:22 see below אַרְמוֺן; Eze 19:7 see ib. & also below מעון.)
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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