Leviticus 21:14:1Lev.21.14.W1TAB
אַלְמָנָ֤ה
almanah
“widow”
- Transliteration
- al-ma-NAH
- Extended
- al-mah-NAAH
- IPA
- /ʔal.maˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- widow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ma-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH
- clause
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Exegesis
The Hebrew lists four feminine singular absolutes—almanah {אַלְמָנָה | 'almanâh}, ugerushah {וּגְרוּשָׁה | wəgə-rûšâ}, vachalalah {וַחֲלָלָה | waḥălālāh}, zonah {זוֹנָה | zônâh}—to enumerate prohibited marriage categories.
Root and etymology
l-m-nlamed-mem-nun
“bereaved, spouseless”
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word אַלְמָנָ֤ה (almanah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W1.S1) and character.