H0489 H0489
and widowhood (abstract noun with conjunction)
A masculine noun meaning widowhood, used figuratively of Babylon in Isaiah 47:9. The verse predicts that loss of children and widowhood will come upon Babylon suddenly despite her sorceries and enchantments. The conjunction links it with שְׁכוֹל (bereavement, loss of children), creating a double curse: childlessness and husband-loss. This reverses Babylon's confident boast 'I shall not sit as a widow' in verse 8.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Symbolic judgment pronounced against Babylon in Isaiah 47:9, predicting her sudden desolation. The pairing with 'bereavement' intensifies the curse: Babylon will lose both children and protective spouse-power simultaneously. As a masculine noun (unusual for typically feminine widowhood), it may personify Babylon's empire or kings facing devastating loss. Bracketed glosses acknowledge rarity. This poetic justice answers Babylon's arrogant self-deification, reducing her from powerful matriarch to bereft, vulnerable widow—a reversal of status mirroring Babylon's treatment of conquered peoples. 1×
AR["وَ-التَرَمُّلُ"]·ben["এবং-বৈধব্য"]·DE["[ואלמן]"]·EN["and-widowhood"]·FR["[ואלמן]"]·heb["ו-אלמון"]·HI["और-वैधव्य"]·ID["dan-kejandaan"]·IT["[ואלמן]"]·jav["lan-dados-randha"]·KO["그리고-과부됨이"]·PT["e-viuvez"]·RU["и-вдовство"]·ES["y-viudez"]·SW["na-ujane"]·TR["ve-dulluk"]·urd["اور-بیوہگی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† אַלְמֹן n.[m.] widowhood, fig. of Babylon Is 47:9 (‖ שְׁכוֹל, cf. v 8; vid. BaNB 59).