The corpus record — Hebrew

אַלְמָנָ֣ה

almanah · n.f

widow

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 56 · 1.83/10k

Senses

1. אַלְמָנָה

widow

2. אַלְמָנָה

a widow; also a desolate place

3. אַלְמָנָה

‏אַלְמָנָה‎ Ex 225

4. אַלְמָנָה

‏אַלְמָנָה‎ and ‏גר‎ Dt 149 1611-14 ‏ו2419-2‎ ‎2719 Jr 76 223 Ezk 227 Zech 719 P

Attestations

אַלְמָנָ֣ה Genesis 38:11 (BHS)
אַלְמָנָ֥ה Exodus 22:21 (BHS)
אַלְמָנ֔וֹת Exodus 22:23 (BHS)
אַלְמָנָ֤ה Leviticus 21:14 (BHS)
אַלְמָנָ֣ה Leviticus 22:13 (BHS)
אַלְמָנָ֖ה Numbers 30:10 (BHS)

6 of 56 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 97; entry #405 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 55; entry #893 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.