Lexicon
אַלְמֹן
al.mon
H0489
H:N-M Hebrew

widower

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al.mon denotes the state of a man bereaved of his wife in a judgment announcement.

The sole attested use presents al.mon as a condition of male bereavement, named among calamities said to come suddenly.

Senses in use

  1. Male bereavement named as calamity · dominant

    In Isaiah 47:9, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the announcement that two things will come suddenly in one day. The APB renders the clause with “bereavement and widowhood,” presenting the condition as part of the threatened calamity.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 47:9, the APB presents the clause as “bereavement and widowhood.” Its precise English assignment to the term cannot be isolated with certainty.

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