H4464 H4464
illegitimate child, bastard; specifically offspring of incest or forbidden union; figuratively mixed population
This term designates someone born from a forbidden sexual union, particularly incest. In Deuteronomy's holiness code, such individuals were excluded from the assembly of Israel for ten generations—a severe restriction reflecting the seriousness of sexual boundaries in covenant community. The word also appears metaphorically in Zechariah's oracle against Philistia, where it likely refers to a mixed or mongrel population lacking legitimate standing. The term carried both legal and social stigma, marking those whose origins violated Israel's purity laws.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A person born from an illicit sexual relationship, especially incest. Deuteronomy 23:2 legislates their exclusion from the assembly, while Zechariah 9:6 applies the term figuratively to Ashdod's mixed inhabitants after judgment. The multilingual glosses reveal interesting variations: Spanish distinguishes 'bastardo' and 'mestizo' (suggesting racial mixing), English uses 'mongrel' and 'illegitimate one', while French and German often transliterate rather than translate—perhaps reflecting cultural discomfort with the concept. The Septuagint's use of 'allogeneis' (foreigners) in Zechariah suggests the figurative sense of illegitimate mixture. 2×
AR["ابْنُ-زِنًى", "غَرِيبٌ"]·ben["জারজ", "বর্ণসঙ্কর"]·DE["[ממזר]", "illegitimate-eins"]·EN["a-mongrel", "illegitimate-one"]·FR["illegitimate-un", "mamzer"]·heb["ממזר"]·HI["नाजायज़", "वर्णसंकर"]·ID["anak-haram"]·IT["[ממזר]", "illegitimate-uno"]·jav["anak-haram", "tiyang-campuran"]·KO["사생아가", "혼혈인이"]·PT["bastardo"]·RU["незаконнорождённый", "чужеземец"]·ES["bastardo", "mestizo"]·SW["mwana-haramu", "mwana-wa-haramu"]·TR["gayrımeşru-doğan", "piric"]·urd["حرام-زادہ", "حرامی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† מַמְזֵר n.m. bastard, specif. child of incest (NH id. (v. Levy), מַמְזֵרוּת incest; Aramaic (loan-word) מַמְזֵרָא bastard):— 1. lit. bastard, Dt 23:3 (v. Dr). 2. perhaps fig. coll., of mixed population Zc 9:6 𝔊 ἀλλογενεῖς (cf. also GeiUrschrift, 52 f.)