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title: אַלְמָנוּת — widowhood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלְמָנוּת (491), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: widowhood. BDB 1906: n.f. widowhood. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלְמָנוּת

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«אַלְמָנוּת» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 491 · **BDB:** אַלְמָנוּת

### Glosses

her.widowhood (2); widowhood (1); your.widowhood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

widowhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/491/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. widowhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/491/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלְמָנוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/491/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.19/)

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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.

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[Isaiah 54:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.4/)

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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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