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H490 · אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

a widow; also a desolate place

KJV gloss list in the source

desolate house (palace), widow.

Source pronunciation notation: al-maw-naw'

Derivation recorded by Strong

feminine of H488 (אַלְמָן);

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