Original Language Studio
Hosea 12:4
“Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֶּטֶןbeṭen · beh'-ten
H990 · Hebrew
H990 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- Derivation
- from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow;
- KJV renderings
- belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
- Grammar
- בַּ — preposition with definite article
- בֶּ֖טֶן — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 25:23Genesis 25:24Genesis 30:2Genesis 38:27Numbers 5:21
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 בֶּטֶן 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.