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אַלְמָנוּת (ʼalmânûwth) n-f (al-maw-nooth')
Source: feminine of H488;
Meaning: concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood
KJV: widow, widowhood.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

Recorded in 4 verses, in OET book order.

GEN 38:14 · RV · LV

OET-LV: 14 And_she_removed the_clothes_of her_widowhood_of_her from_on_her and_she_covered with_veil and_she_wrapped_herself_up and_she_sat at_the_entrance_of Enaim which is_on the_road_of (of)_to_Timnāh if/because she_had_seen if/because_that Shēlāh he_had_grown_up and_she not she_had_been_given to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman. (GEN 38:14)

OET-RV: 14 So she changed out of her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself up. Then she sat at the entrance of Enayim which is on the road to Timnah. She was doing this because she had seen that Shela had grown up, but she hadn’t been given to him as a wife. (GEN 38:14)

GEN 38:19 · RV · LV

OET-LV: 19 And_she/it_arose and_she_went and_she_removed veil_of_her from_on_her and_she_put_on the_clothes_of her_widowhood_of_her. (GEN 38:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then Tamar got up and left, and she took off her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on. (GEN 38:19)

SA2 20:3 · RV · LV

OET-LV: 3 And_ Dāvid _he_came to house_of_his Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_ the_king _he/it_took DOM the_ten women concubines whom he_had_left to_guard/protect the_house and_he_put_them a_house_of confinement and_he_sustained_them and_into_them not he_went and_they_were locked_up until the_day_of died_they widowhood_of living. (SA2 20:3)

OET-RV: 3 When David got back to his Yerushalem palace, the ten slave-wives that he’d left behind to guard the palace, he moved them into a separate house. That place was guarded and he provided for them, but he didn’t sleep with them—thus they were locked up until they died living as widows. (SA2 20:3)

ISA 54:4 · RV · LV

OET-LV: 4 Do_not be_afraid if/because not you_will_be_put_to_shame and_do_not be_ashamed if/because not you_will_display_shame if/because the_shame_of your_youth(s)_of_your you_will_forget and_the_reproach_of your(pl)_widowhood_of_your not you_will_remember again. (ISA 54:4)

OET-RV:  ⇔  4 Don’t be afraid because you won’t be put to shame,
 ⇔ ≈ and don’t be discouraged because you won’t be disgraced,
 ⇔ because you’ll forget the shame from your youth.
 ⇔ ≈ You’ll no longer remember the disgrace from when you were made a widow (ISA 54:4)

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