אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâh

Same root

• אַלְמָןʼalmân · H488discarded (as a divorced person)

Where it appears

Appears 56 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 38:11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Go back to your parents’ home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you.” (But Judah didn’t really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father’s home.
• Exodus 22:22 “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan.
• Exodus 22:24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
• Leviticus 21:14 He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
• Leviticus 22:13 But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings.
• Numbers 30:9 If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.