I. בַּת 587 noun feminine daughter (= *
בַּנְתְּ from
בן; Phoenician
בת, MI
בנת plural
maidens, Assyrian
bintu Winckler
Sargon, Glossary, Arabic
بِنْتٌ; Sabean
בת,
בנת DHM
ZMG 1883, 391 CIS
iv. l, No. 6. 21; Aramaic
Trfb) —
ב׳ absolute
Exodus 1:16 +; construct
Genesis 11:29 +; suffix
בִּתִּי Deuteronomy 22:16 +;
בִּתְּךָ Genesis 29:18 +;
בִּתֵּנוּ Genesis 34:17 etc.; plural
בָּנוֺת Genesis 5:4 +; construct
בְּנוֺת Genesis 6:2 +; suffix
בְּנֹתַי Genesis 31:26+;
בְּנוֺתֶיךָ Genesis 19:12 +;
בְּנֹתָם Genesis 34:21;
בְּנוֺתֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 12:31 +, etc.; —
†3. with name of city, land, or people, poetic personification of that city or inhabitants, etc.:
בַּת־צִיּוֺן Isaiah 1:8;
Isaiah 10:32;
Isaiah 16:1;
Isaiah 62:11;
Micah 1:13;
Micah 4:8,
10,
13;
Jeremiah 4:31;
Jeremiah 6:2,
23;
Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:14;
Zechariah 9:9;
Psalm 9:15;
Lamentations 1:6;
Lamentations 2:1,
4;
Lamentations 4:22; even
זִקְנֵי בת־ציון Lamentations 2:10;
צ׳ חוֺמַת ב׳ Lamentations 2:8;
Lamentations 2:18; also
־צ׳בְּתוּלַת ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 =
Isaiah 37:22;
Lamentations 2:13;
־צ׳שְׁבִּיָּה ב׳ Isaiah 52:2;
יְרוּשָׁלַם ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 =
Isaiah 37:22;
Micah 4:8;
Zephaniah 3:14;
Zechariah 9:9;
Lamentations 2:13,
15; compare
בּת־פּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones;
בַּת־צֹר Psalm 45:13;
בָּבֶל ב׳ Jeremiah 50:42;
Jeremiah 51:33;
Psalm 137:8;
בָּבֶל בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Isaiah 47:1; see further
Zechariah 2:11; also of Tarshish
Isaiah 23:10, Sidon
Isaiah 23:12 (+
בְּתוּלַת), Dibon
Jeremiah 48:18 (+
יוֺשֶׁבֶת), Gallim
Isaiah 10:30;
בְּתוּלַת ־יְהוּדָהב׳ Lamentations 1:15; compare
מִבְצְרֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה Lamentations 2:2;
בַּת־עַמִּי daughter of my people Isaiah 22:4;
Jeremiah 4:11;
Jeremiah 6:14,
26;
Jeremiah 8:11,
19,
21,
22; Jeremiah 8:23;
Jeremiah 9:6;
Lamentations 3:48;
Lamentations 4:3,
6,
10,
י׳ בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Jeremiah 14:17;
בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם Jeremiah 46:24; also
Jeremiah 46:11 (+
בְּתוּלַת),
Jeremiah 46:19 (+
יוֺשֶׁבֶת);
אֱדוֺם ב׳ Lamentations 4:21,
22;
כַּשְׂדִּים ב׳ Isaiah 47:1,
5; note
הַבַּת הַשּׁוֺבֵבָ֑ה Jeremiah 31:22 (||
בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 31:21)
Jeremiah 49:4 (= Ammon); on
בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִים Ezekiel 27:6 see below
אֲשֻׁרִים; less often in plural
בְּנוֺת הַגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 32:16;
אַדִּרִם גּ׳ ב׳ Ezekiel 32:18 (these perhaps below
1i);
פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנוֺת Ezekiel 16:27 (in allegory); compare also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc.
Ezekiel 16:44;
Ezekiel 16:45;
Ezekiel 16:46 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 16:53;
Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 16:57 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 23:2.
5. in phrases denoting character, quality, etc.,
בַּת־אֵל נֵכָר daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people)
Malachi 2:11;
בַּת־גְּדוּר daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Micah 4:14;
בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes;
בַּת־בְּלִיַּעַל 1 Samuel 1:16 see
H1100 בְּלִיַּעַל.
7. figurative
לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֺת Proverbs 30:15 two daughters (i.e.
Sheôl & the barren womb, compare Comm.)
†8. of vine =
branch בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲרָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר Genesis 49:22 compare Di & see below
H1121 בֵּן.
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