אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh · al-maw-naw'
a widow; also a desolate place
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);
a widow; also a desolate place
- a widow
- also, a desolate place
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desolate house (palace), widow.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַלְמָנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a widow7 · 16%
- and the widow6 · 14%
- and widow3 · 7%
- and for the widow3 · 7%
- of the widow3 · 7%
- widows2 · 5%
- the widow2 · 5%
- any widow1 · 2%
- shall be widows1 · 2%
- be a widow1 · 2%
- of a widow1 · 2%
- a widow's1 · 2%
- and to the widow1 · 2%
- he was a widow's1 · 2%
- behold, the widow1 · 2%
- upon the widow1 · 2%
- the widow's1 · 2%
- to the widow1 · 2%
- and his widows1 · 2%
- upon me: and i caused the widow's1 · 2%
- of the widows1 · 2%
- and their widows1 · 2%
- for the widow1 · 2%
- and widows1 · 2%
- that widows1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.