Hebrew · H490

אַלְמָנָה

A widow ; also a desolate place

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אַלְמָנָה H490

Pronunciation ʾalĕmānāh

What does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) mean in the Bible?

אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh): A widow embodies social vulnerability and desolation; the term extends metaphorically to abandoned, forsaken places

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What does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) mean in the Bible?

אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh): A widow embodies social vulnerability and desolation; the term extends metaphorically to abandoned, forsaken places

How does the BSB render H490?

The BSB source-word alignment has 56 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and the widow (9), a widow (8), of the widow (3), widows (3), and the widows (2).

Where does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 38:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (11), Ezekiel (6), Isaiah (6), Job (6).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

and the widow 9× Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 24:19, Deuteronomy 24:20, Deuteronomy 24:21

a widow 8× Leviticus 21:14, Numbers 30:9, 2 Samuel 14:5, 1 Kings 7:14

of the widow 3× Proverbs 15:25, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:23

widows 3× Exodus 22:24, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 10:2

and the widows 2× Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14

or the widow 2× Deuteronomy 27:19, Jeremiah 22:3

the widow 2× Psalms 94:6, Zechariah 7:10

. . . 1× Ezekiel 44:22

[was] a widow 1× 1 Kings 11:26

and I made the widow’s 1× Job 29:13

and take the widow’s 1× Job 24:3

and their widows 1× Job 27:15

and widow 1× Deuteronomy 10:18

and widowed 1× Jeremiah 18:21

are widows 1× Lamentations 5:3

as a widow 1× Genesis 38:11

be a widow 1× Isaiah 47:8

but their widows 1× Psalms 78:64

I will make their widows 1× Jeremiah 15:8

in her fortresses 1× Isaiah 13:22

Let your widows 1× Jeremiah 49:11

of the widowed 1× Malachi 3:5

of widows 1× Psalms 68:5

or a widow 1× Ezekiel 44:22

or allowed the widow’s 1× Job 31:16

take a widow’s 1× Deuteronomy 24:17

the widows 1× Ezekiel 22:25

their strongholds 1× Ezekiel 19:7

this widow 1× 1 Kings 17:20

to the widow 1× Job 24:21

was a widow 1× 1 Kings 17:10

widow 1× Exodus 22:22

widowed 1× Leviticus 22:13

You sent widows 1× Job 22:9

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First aligned row Genesis 38:11

Aligned rows 56

Books represented 16

Genesis 1 Exodus 2 Leviticus 2 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 11 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 5 Job 6 Psalms 5 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 6 Jeremiah 5 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 6 Zechariah 1 Malachi 1

Source forms

אַלְמָנָ֣ה 4x ’al·mā·nāh Genesis 38:11, Leviticus 22:13, Job 29:13, Job 31:16

אַלְמָנָ֖ה 4x ’al·mā·nāh Numbers 30:9, 1 Kings 17:9, 1 Kings 17:10, Isaiah 1:23

אַלְמָנָֽה׃ 4x ’al·mā·nāh Deuteronomy 24:17, Job 24:3, Psalms 109:9, Proverbs 15:25

אַלְמָנָ֔ה 3x ’al·mā·nāh 1 Kings 11:26, Isaiah 47:8, Ezekiel 44:22

וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה 3x wə·lā·’al·mā·nāh Deuteronomy 24:19, Deuteronomy 24:20, Deuteronomy 24:21

אַלְמָנָ֥ה 2x ’al·mā·nāh Exodus 22:22, 2 Samuel 14:5

אַלְמָנָ֨ה 2x ’al·mā·nāh 1 Kings 7:14, Malachi 3:5

וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה 2x wə·’al·mā·nāh Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 27:19

Parsing patterns

Noun - feminine singular 22x Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 9x Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 27:19, Job 24:21, Psalms 146:9

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 5x Deuteronomy 24:19, Deuteronomy 24:20, Deuteronomy 24:21, Deuteronomy 26:12

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular 4x Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14, Ezekiel 44:22

Noun - feminine plural 4x Exodus 22:24, Job 22:9, Psalms 68:5, Isaiah 10:2

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2x Job 27:15, Psalms 78:64

Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular 2x Isaiah 9:17, Ezekiel 19:7

Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x 1 Kings 17:20

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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אַלְמָנָה

What does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) mean in the Bible?

What does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H490?

Where does אַלְמָנָה (ʾalĕmānāh) appear in Scripture?

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