Lexical Summary harah: to conceive, become pregnant Original Word: הָרָהTransliteration: harah Phonetic Spelling: (haw-raw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to conceive, become pregnant Meaning: to conceive, become pregnant Strong's Concordance been, be with child, conceive, progenitor A primitive root; to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively) -- been, be with child, conceive, progenitor. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2029. harah I. הָרָה verb conceive, become pregnant (Assyrian êrû compare DlPr 21 Muss.-ArnoltHebraica. Oct. 1890, 67 JägerBAS i. 473); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular וְהָרָה consecutive Psalm 7:15; 3feminine singular הָרָ֑תָה Genesis 16:4-5, 2feminine singular וְהָרִית consecutive Judges 13:3; 1singular הָרִיתִי Numbers 11:12; 1plural הָרִינוּ Isaiah 26:18; Imperfect וַתַּ֫הַר Genesis 4:1 26t. (וַתַּ֑הַר 16:4); 3feminine plural וַתַּהֲרֶיןָ 19:36; 2masculine plural תַּהֲרוּ Isaiah 33:11; Infinitive absolute הָרֹה Job 15:35, הָרוֺ Isaiah 59:4 compare also 59:13 below Po. below; Participle feminine suffix הוֺרָתִי Song of Solomon 3:4; הוֺרָתָם Hosea 2:7; — 1 literally conceive, become pregnant Genesis 16:4 (twice in verse); 16:5; 19:36; 25:21; 38:18 (all J), 2 Samuel 11:5 (agency of man expressed by מִן Genesis 19:36, לְ 38:18); usually in phrase וַתֵּלֶד וַתַּהַר 4:1, 17; 21:2; 29:32-33, 34, 35; 30:5, 7 (all J), 30:17; 30:19; 30:23 (all E), 38:3-4, (both J), Exodus 2:2 (E), 1 Samuel 1:20; 2:21; 2 Kings 4:17; 1 Chronicles 7:23; Isaiah 8:3; Hosea 1:3, 6, 8, probably also 1 Chronicles 4:17 אֶתמִֿרְיָם ותהר [ותלד] compare Be; further Judges 13:3, and compare Moses' question יְלִדְתִּיהוּ אִםאָֿנֹכִי הַזֶּה כָּלהָֿעָם אֵת הָרִיתִי הֶאָנֹכִי Numbers 11:12 have I conceived all this people, or have I brought it forth? Participle f. "" אֵם Hosea 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:4. 2 metaph. רוּחַ יָלַדְנוּ כְמוֺ חַלְנוּ הָרִינוּ Isaiah 26:18 of anxious and disappointed waiting; קַשׁ תֵּלְדוּ חֲשַׁשׁ תַּהֲרוּ 33:11, of futile planning, compare Che; elsewhere of evil, mischief שָׁ֑קֶר וְיָלַד עָמָל וְהָרָה Psalm 7:15 (subject wicked man), compare Job 15:35; Isaiah 59:4, so also 59:13, read הָרוֺ (Infinitive absolute) compare Di. Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular נָּ֑בֶר הֹרָה Job 3:3 a man hath been conceived (Böii. p. 103 BaNB 77 regard as Qal passive). Po. Infinitive absolute, conceive, contrive, devise שָׁ֑קֶר דִּבְרֵי מִלֵּב וְהֹגוֺ הֹרוֺ Isaiah 59:13, but read rather וְהָגוֺ הָרוֺ Qal Infinitive absolute see above (Bal.c. explanation ᵑ0 as Qal Infinitive passive). — On הוֺרַי Genesis 49:26 see הוֺר and הַר 1.c. |
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