אַלְמָנָה54 noun feminine widow (Mishna id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP 114) — ׳א [Gen 38:11] +; no construct; plural אַלְמָנוֺת [Exod 22:23] +; plural suffix אַלְמְנוֺתָיו [Job 27:18], etc. — widow [1Kgs 17:20] ׳אִשָּׁה אַ [2Sam 14:5] (|| וַיָּ֫מָת אִישִׁי) [1Kgs 7:14]; [1Kgs 11:26]; [1Kgs 17:9]; [1Kgs 17:10]; [Gen 38:11] (J; living in father's house) compare [Lev 22:13] (H; || גְּרוּשָׁה); [Lev 21:14] (H), where widow forbidden as wife of high priest, like גְּרוּשָׁה, חֲלָלָה, זֹנָה compare [Ezek 44:22] (3 t. in verse) (id. of all priests, except widow of priest); [Num 30:10] (P; of widow's vow, || גְּרוּשָׁה); נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֺת = ye shall be slain [Exod 22:23] (|| בְּנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִים) compare [Ps 109:9]; [Jer 15:8]; [Jer 18:21]; [Ezek 22:25], also [Lam 5:3] (simile); of those snatched away by pestilence אַלְמְנוֺתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה [Job 27:15] by sword, id., [Ps 78:64] ᵐ5 We read אַלְמָנוֺת חַיּוֺת [2Sam 20:3] (see אַלְמָנוּת below) of imprisoned concubines; figurative of Jerusalem [Lam 1:1] Babylon [Isa 47:8] especially widow as helpless, exposed to oppression & harsh treatment (often || יָתוֺם, & גֵּר); [Isa 1:23]; [Isa 10:2]; [Job 22:9]; [Job 24:3]; [Job 31:16]; [Ps 94:6]; [Mal 3:5] harshness forbidden, & care for them enjoined [Exod 22:21] (E) [Deut 14:29]; [Deut 16:11]; [Deut 16:14]; [Deut 24:17]; [Deut 24:19]; [Deut 24:20]; [Deut 24:21]; [Deut 26:12]; [Deut 26:13]; [Deut 27:19]; [Isa 1:17]; [Jer 7:6]; [Jer 22:3]; [Zech 7:10], compare [Job 29:13] under especially care of God [Deut 10:18]; [Jer 49:11]; [Prov 15:25]; [Ps 68:6]; [Ps 146:9] once of severity of judgment in not sparing widow [Isa 9:16]. (׳אַל [Isa 13:22] see below אַרְמוֺן; [Ezek 19:7] see ib. & also below מעון.)
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