אלמנה

Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly from the root א־ל־ם, and if so comparable to Arabic أَلَم (ʔalam, “pain, ache”). But compare also Aramaic אַרְמַלְתָּא (ʾarmaltā) and Arabic أَرْمَلَة (ʔarmala). One of the two consonantisms is likely due to assimilation and dissimilation processes.

Noun

אַלְמָנָה • (almaná) f (plural indefinite אַלְמָנוֹת, masculine counterpart אַלְמָן)

1. widow (woman whose husband has died)

References

• H490 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• אלמנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he