Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 4:19
“And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3618 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- Derivation
- from H3634 (כָּלַל);
- KJV renderings
- bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- כַלָּת֣ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:31Genesis 38:11Genesis 38:16Genesis 38:24Leviticus 18:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כַּלָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.