Leviticus 22:13:4Lev.22.13.W4TAB
אַלְמָנָ֣ה
almana
“widowed”
- Transliteration
- al-ma-NA
- Extended
- ahl-mah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔalmaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- widowed
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-NA
- phraseyour reading level
al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The coordinated statuses al-mānâh û-gerûšâh {אַלְמָנָ֣ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה | al-mānâh û-gerûšâh} ‘widow or divorced’ define her condition.
Root and etymology
א־ל־מʾ-l-m
“widow; bereft one”
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word אַלְמָנָ֣ה (almana) 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.22.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W4.S1) and character.