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Leviticus 21:14

“A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâh · al-maw-naw'
H490 · Hebrew

Definition: a widow; also a desolate place
Derivation: feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);
KJV renderings: desolate house (palace), widow.
Grammar: אַלְמָנָ֤ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HNcfsa
Usage: Occurs 56 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 38:11 Exodus 22:21 Exodus 22:23 Leviticus 22:13 Numbers 30:10

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 אַלְמָנָה here.

Verse 13 Verse 15

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.