חֹמֶשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2570

belly — 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

belly tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֹ֫מֶשׁ²: n.m. belly tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. belly (Aramaic ܚܽܘܡܫܳܐ )—הַחֹמֶשׁ 2 S 2:23 + 3 times; וַיַּכֵּהוּ … אל־הח׳ 2 S 2:23 and he smote him in the belly; 2 S 20:10 + 4:6, read וַתָּ֫נָם וַתִּישָׁ֑ן and she slumbered and slept 𝔊 We Dr.; yet corruption difficult to explain, v. Klo; וַיַּכֵּהוּ שָׁם הח׳ 2 S 3:27 (where prob. ins. אל־ cf. Dr).

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 (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: belly (4).

In the verses

2 Samuel 4:6 · tree →

וְ֠הֵנָּה בָּ֜אוּ עַד־תּ֤וֹךְ הַבַּ֙יִת֙ לֹקְחֵ֣י חִטִּ֔ים וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ אֶל־הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ וְרֵכָ֛ב וּבַעֲנָ֥ה אָחִ֖יו נִמְלָֽטוּ׃

Word for word: and they.[fem] they.came to the.middle of the.house taking (of).wheat(s) and they struck.him into the belly and Rechab and Baanah brother his they.escaped

JPS 1917: And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

2 Samuel 3:27 · tree →

וַיָּ֤שָׁב אַבְנֵר֙ חֶבְר֔וֹן וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּ יוֹאָב֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַשַּׁ֔עַר לְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ וַיָּ֕מָת בְּדַ֖ם עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥לעֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃

Word for word: and he.returned Abner Hebron and he turned.him.aside Joab into the.middle of the.gate to speak with him in (the) quietness and he struck.him there the belly and he.died for the.blood of Asahel brother his

JPS 1917: And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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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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