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Job 38:29

“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בֶּטֶןbeṭen · beh'-ten
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: מִ — preposition
בֶּ֣טֶן — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HR/Ncfsc
Usage: Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 25:23 Genesis 25:24 Genesis 30:2 Genesis 38:27 Numbers 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.

Verse 28 Verse 30

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.