Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0490אַלְמָנָהal.ma.nah
widowPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
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56 occurrences in 54 verses
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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.' And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
אַלְמָנָ֣ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
אַלְמָנָ֥ה 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
אַלְמָנ֔וֹת 'al.ma.Not “widows”
A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.
אַלְמָנָ֤ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread; but there shall no common man eat thereof.
אַלְמָנָ֣ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
אַלְמָנָ֖ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה (אַלְמָנָ֑ה) 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy
וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ (אַלְמָנָה֙) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee,
וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (אַלְמָנָ֖ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (אַלְמָנָ֖ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.
אַלְמָנָֽה׃ 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (אַלְמָנָ֖ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (אַלְמָנָ֖ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (אַלְמָנָ֖ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be sat
וְלָֽאַלְמָנָ֔ה (אַלְמָנָ֔ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment which Thou hast comm
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֔ה (אַלְמָנָ֔ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה (אַלְמָנָ֑ה) 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead.
אַלְמָנָ֥ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
אַלְמָנָ֨ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.
אַלְמָנָ֔ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
'Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.'
אַלְמָנָ֖ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.'
אַלְמָנָ֖ה 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”
And he cried unto the LORD, and said: 'O LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?'
הָאַלְמָנָ֞ה (אַלְמָנָ֞ה) 'al.ma.Nah “widow”
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
אַ֭לְמָנוֹת 'Al.ma.not “widows”
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
אַלְמָנָֽה׃ 'al.ma.Nah “a widow”