אַלְמָנוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H491

widowhood — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

widowhood tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַלְמָנוּת: n.f. widowhood tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. widowhood (Mish. id., Ph. אלמת) sf. בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ her widow’s garments Gn 38:14, 19; cstr. אַלְמְנוּת חַיּוּת 2 S 20:3 (of David’s imprisoned concubines; but text impossible; 𝔊 We אַלְמָנוֹת חַיּוֹת, cf. Dr; Klo thinks gloss); fig. of Jerusalem Is 54:4 אַלְמְנוּתַיִךְ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: her widowhood (2); widowhood (1); your widowhood (1).

In the verses

Genesis 38:19 · tree →

וַתָּ֣קָם וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ וַתָּ֥סַר צְעִיפָ֖הּ מֵעָלֶ֑יהָ וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ בִּגְדֵ֥י אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃

Word for word: and she.arose and she.went and she.removed veil her from on her and she.put.on the.clothes her.widowhood her

JPS 1917: And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Isaiah 54:4 · tree →

אַל־תִּֽירְאִי֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א תֵב֔וֹשִׁי וְאַל־תִּכָּלְמִ֖י כִּ֣י לֹ֣א תַחְפִּ֑ירִי כִּ֣י בֹ֤שֶׁת עֲלוּמַ֙יִךְ֙ תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת אַלְמְנוּתַ֖יִךְ לֹ֥א תִזְכְּרִי־עֽוֹד׃

Word for word: do.not be.afraid (dm) not you.will.be.put.to.shame and do.not be.ashamed (dm) not you.will.display.shame (dm) the.shame your.youth(s) your you.will.forget and the.reproach your.widowhood your not you.will.remember again

JPS 1917: Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. Neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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