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title: אַלְמָן — forsaken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלְמָן (488), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: forsaken. BDB 1906: adj. widowed. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלְמָן

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«אַלְמָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forsaken** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 488 · **BDB:** אַלְמָן

### Glosses

\[is\].forsaken (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forsaken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/488/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. widowed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/488/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. widowed, of Israel Je 51:5 (sq. מֵאֱלֹהִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלְמָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/488/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.5/)

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כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אַלְמָ֨ן יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ מֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יו מֵֽיְהוָ֖ה צְבָא֑וֹת כִּ֤י אַרְצָם֙ מָלְאָ֣ה אָשָׁ֔ם מִקְּד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not \[is\].forsaken Israel and Judah from God its from Yahweh of.hosts (dm) land their it.is.full guilt from the.holy.\[one\] of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* For Israel is not widowed, nor Judah, of his God, of the LORD of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

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