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title: אַלְמֹן — widowhood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלְמֹן (489), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: widowhood. BDB 1906: widowhood. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלְמֹן

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«אַלְמֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **widowhood** — 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:** 489 · **BDB:** אַלְמֹן

### Glosses

widowhood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

widowhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/489/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

widowhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/489/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] widowhood, fig. of Babylon Is 47:9 (‖ שְׁכוֹל, cf. v 8; vid. BaNB 59).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלְמֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/489/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 47:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.9/)

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וְתָבֹאנָה֩ לָּ֨ךְ שְׁתֵּי־אֵ֥לֶּה רֶ֛גַע בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד שְׁכ֣וֹל וְאַלְמֹ֑ן כְּתֻמָּם֙ בָּ֣אוּ עָלַ֔יִךְ בְּרֹ֣ב כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ בְּעָצְמַ֥ת חֲבָרַ֖יִךְ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.come to you both of.these.\[things\] a.moment in a.day one childlessness and widowhood according to their.completeness they.will.come on you in the.abundance your.sorceries your in the.power your.spells your very.many

*JPS 1917:* But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.

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