H1323 H1323
Daughter, female offspring or descendant; figuratively a dependent village or satellite town of a larger city.
Bath is the feminine counterpart to ben (son), denoting a female child in relation to her parents. Yet its semantic range stretches far beyond biology: 'daughters of Zion' means the women — or the community — belonging to Jerusalem, and 'daughter' as a vocative is a term of tender address (Ruth 2:8). Most strikingly, bath develops a geographic sense: the 'daughters' of a city are its surrounding unwalled villages, dependent on the fortified mother-city. Spanish translators capture this vividly, shifting from hija (daughter) to aldeas (villages) when the context demands it (Josh 17:11; Num 21:25).
Senses
1. daughter, female offspring — A female child in relation to her parents; by extension granddaughter, female descendant, young woman, or woman belonging to a people or place ('daughter of Zion'). Rendered hija (Spa.), fille (Fra.), Tochter (Ger.) across 545 occurrences. Includes vocative address to a young woman (Ruth 2:8) and collective identity markers like 'daughters of Israel' (2 Sam 1:24; 1 Chr 3:5). 545×
AR["بِنتَ", "بِنتُ", "بِنتِ", "بِنْتَ-", "بِنْتُ", "بِنْتُ-", "بِنْتِ"]·ben["-কন্যা", "কন্যা", "কন্যা-", "কন্যার-"]·DE["Tochter"]·EN["(daughter-of-)", "daughter-of", "daughter-of-", "the-daughter-of"]·FR["fille"]·heb["בת"]·HI["पुत्री-", "बेटी", "बेटी-", "बेटी-को"]·ID["Absalom", "anak-", "anak-perempuan-", "putri"]·IT["figlia"]·jav["putra-èstri", "putra-èstri-", "putri-", "putrinipun-"]·KO["딸", "딸-", "딸-의", "딸이"]·PT["(filha-de-)", "filha-de", "filha-de-"]·RU["Махира", "дочери-", "дочь", "дочь-"]·ES["hija-de", "hija-de-"]·SW["(binti-ya)", "binti-wa", "binti-wa-", "binti-ya", "binti-ya-"]·TR["(kızı-)", "kızı", "kızı-", "kızını-"]·urd["-بیٹی-", "بت", "بت-", "بیٹی", "بیٹی-"]
1 Chr 1:50, 1 Chr 1:50, 1 Chr 2:21, 1 Chr 3:2, 1 Chr 3:5, 1 Chr 4:18, 1 Chr 15:29, 2 Chr 8:11, 2 Chr 11:18, 2 Chr 11:18, 2 Chr 11:20, 2 Chr 11:21 (+38 more)
2. dependent village, satellite town — A dependent village or satellite settlement surrounding a larger fortified city, where the 'daughters' are unwalled towns economically and defensively tied to the mother-city. Spanish translators shift from hija to aldeas (villages) in these contexts, confirming the metaphorical leap from kinship to geography. Concentrated in conquest and settlement narratives (Num 21:25, 32; Josh 15:45; Josh 17:11; Judg 11:26). 44×
AR["وَ-بَناتُها", "وَ-بَنَاتِهَا", "وَ-في-بَناتِها", "وَ-فِي-بَنَاتِهَا", "وَبَناتِها", "وَلِـ-بَنَاتِهَا"]·ben["আর-তার-গ্রামগুলো", "আর-তার-মেয়েদের", "আর-তাহার-গ্রামগুলি", "আর-তাহার-গ্রামগুলিতে", "ও-কে", "ও-গ্রামগুলি-তার", "ও-তার-কন্যাদের", "ও-তার-গ্রামসমূহে"]·DE["und-Tochter"]·EN["and-in-her-daughters", "and-in-its-daughters", "and-its-daughters", "and-its-villages", "and-to-daughters-her"]·FR["et-fille"]·heb["בת", "ו-ב-בת-ה", "ו-בת-ה", "ו-ל-בנותיה"]·HI["और-उसकी-बेटियों", "और-उसकी-बेटियों-को", "और-उसके-गाँवों-में", "और-उसके-गांव", "और-गाँवों-उसके", "और-गाँवों-उसके-में", "और-बेटियों-उसकी-को"]·ID["dan-anak-anak-kotanya", "dan-anak-anak-perempuannya", "dan-bagi-anak-anak-perempuannya;", "dan-desa-desanya", "dan-di-anak-kota-kotanya", "dan-di-desa-desanya"]·IT["e-figlia"]·jav["lan-dhusun-dhusun-ipun", "lan-dhésa-dhésanipun", "lan-désa-désanipun", "lan-désanipun", "lan-ing-dhusun-dhusun-ipun", "lan-ing-désa-désanipun", "lan-kanggé-putra-putra-putrinipun", "lan-kutha-putrinipun"]·KO["그-와-에-마을들-그것-의", "그리고-그것-의-마을들과", "그리고-그것의-딸들", "그리고-그것의-마을들", "그리고-그녀의-딸들에게", "그리고-그의-딸들", "그리고-딸들-그것의"]·PT["e-a-suas-filhas", "e-aldeias-dela", "e-em-aldeias-dela", "e-em-suas-filhas", "e-suas-filhas"]·RU["и-в-Дивоне", "и-в-ЙекавцеЭле", "и-в-селениях-его", "и-в-сёлах-её", "и-дочерей-его", "и-селения-его", "и-селения-её", "и-сёла-его", "и-сёла-её", "и-у-дочерей-её"]·ES["e-hijas-de-ella", "y-a-hijas-de-ella", "y-aldeas-de-ella", "y-aldeas-sus", "y-en-aldeas-de-ella", "y-en-sus-aldeas", "y-sus-aldeas"]·SW["na-katika-vijiji-vyake", "na-kwa-binti-zake", "na-vijiji-vyake"]·TR["ve-köylerinde", "ve-köylerini", "ve-kızları-onun", "ve-kızlarına", "ve-kızlarında-onun"]·urd["اور-اُس-کی-بستیوں", "اور-اُس-کی-بستیوں-میں", "اور-اُس-کی-بیٹیوں-کو", "اور-اُس-کے-گاؤں", "اور-دیہات-اُس-کی", "اور-دیہات-اُس-کے", "اور-میں-دیہاتوں-اُس-کے"]
Num 21:25, Num 21:32, Num 32:42, Josh 15:45, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:11, Josh 17:16, Judg 1:27 (+32 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. בַּת587 n.f. daughter (= בַּנְתְּ from בן; Ph. בת, MI בנת pl. maidens, Assyrian bintu WincklerSargon, Gloss., Arabic بِنْتٌ Sab. בת, בנת DHMZMG 1883, 391 CISiv. 1, No. 6. 21; Aramaic ܒܰܪܬ )—ב׳ abs. Ex 1:16 +; cstr. Gn 11:29 +; sf. בִּתִּי Dt 22:16 +; בִּתְּךָ Gn 29:18 +; בִּתֵּנוּ Gn 34:17 etc.; pl. בָּנוֹת Gn 5:4 +; cstr. בְּנוֹת Gn 6:2 +; sf. בְּנֹתַי Gn 31:26 +; בְּנוֹתֶיךָ Gn 19:12 +;…