Senses
1. widow, bereaved woman — A woman whose husband has died, often mentioned alongside the fatherless and sojourner as a vulnerable class deserving protection and provision under the Torah. 55×
AR["أرْمَلَةً","أرْمَلَةٌ","أرْمَلَةٍ","أَرمَلَة","أَرمَلَةٌ","أَرمَلَةٍ","أَرْمَلَةً","أَرْمَلَةٌ","أَرْمَلَةٍ","الأَرمَلَةِ","الْأَرْمَلَةِ"]·ben["আর-চোখ","বিধবা","বিধবাকে","বিধবার"]·DE["Witwe","[אלמנה]","als-Witwe","ein-Witwe","ein-widow","widow"]·EN["a-widow","for-widow","the-widow","widow"]·FR["un-veuve","un-widow","veuve","widow"]·heb["אלמנה"]·HI["गाने-देता-था-मैं","विधवा","विधवा-का","विधवा-की"]·ID["janda","sebagai-janda"]·IT["il-widow","un-vedova","un-widow","vedova","widow"]·jav["randa","randha"]·KO["과부","과부-로","과부-의","과부로","과부를","과부와","과부의","과부인"]·PT["de-viúva.","viúva"]·RU["вдова","вдове","вдовой","вдову","вдовы"]·ES["la-viuda","la-viuda.","por-la-viuda","viuda"]·SW["mjane","wa-mjane","ya-mjane"]·TR["dul","dul-kadını","dul-kadının","dulu","dulun"]·urd["بیوہ","بیوہ کی","بیوہ-کا","بیوہ-کی","بیوہ-کے-لیے"]
Gen 38:11, Exod 22:22, Exod 22:24, Lev 21:14, Lev 22:13, Num 30:9, Deut 10:18, Deut 14:29, Deut 16:11, Deut 16:14, Deut 24:17, Deut 24:19 (+38 more)
2. palace, fortress — A fortified or grand building, likely a homographic form related to a distinct root meaning palace or citadel, attested by translations as 'fortresses' or 'palacios' rather than 'widows'. 1×
AR["فِي-قُصُورِهَا"]·ben["তার-প্রাসাদে"]·DE["Witwe"]·EN["in-her-fortresses"]·FR["veuve"]·heb["ב-אלמנותיו"]·HI["उसके-महलों-में"]·ID["di-istananya"]·IT["vedova"]·jav["wonten-ing-menara-menaranipun"]·KO["그녀의-궁전들-에서"]·PT["em-seus-palácios"]·RU["в-чертогах-его"]·ES["en-sus-palacios"]·SW["katika-ngome-zake"]·TR["kalelerde"]·urd["اُس-کے-قلعوں-میں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַלְמָנָה54 n.f. widow (Mish. id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP 114)—א׳ Gn 38:11 +; no cstr.; pl. אַלְמָנוֹת Ex 22:23 +; pl. sf. אַלְמְנֹתָיו Jb 27:15, etc.—widow 1 K 17:20; אִשָּׁה אַ׳ 2 S 14:5 (‖ וַיָּ֫מָת אִישִׁי) 1 K 7:14; 11:26; 17:9, 10; Gn 38:11 (J; living in father’s house) cf. Lv 22:13 (H; ‖ גְּרוּשָׁה); 21:14 (H), where widow forbidden as wife of h. p., like גְּרוּשָׁה, חֲלָלָה, זֹנָה…