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Lexicon :: Strong's H490 - 'almānâ

Aa
אַלְמָנָה
Transliteration
'almānâ
Pronunciation
al-maw-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אַלְמָן (H488); a widow
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 105

Strong’s Definitions

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh, al-maw-naw'; feminine of H488; a widow; also a desolate place:—desolate house (palace), widow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H490 in the following manner: widow (53x), desolate house (1x), desolate palace (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H490 in the following manner: widow (53x), desolate house (1x), desolate palace (1x).

  1. widow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh, al-maw-naw'; feminine of H488; a widow; also a desolate place:—desolate house (palace), widow.
STRONGS H490: Abbreviations
† אַלְמָנָה 54 noun feminine widow (Mishna id., Assyrian almattu Dl in ZimBP 114) — א׳ Genesis 38:11 +; no construct; plural אַלְמָנוֺת Exodus 22:23 +; plural suffix אַלְמְנוֺתָיו Job 27:18, etc. — widow 1 Kings 17:20; אִשָּׁה אַ׳ 2 Samuel 14:5 (|| וַיָּ֫מָת אִישִׁי) 1 Kings 7:14; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9, 10; Genesis 38:11 (J; living in father's house) compare Leviticus 22:13 (H; || גְּרוּשָׁה); Leviticus 21:14 (H), where widow forbidden as wife of high priest, like גְּרוּשָׁה, חֲלָלָה, זֹנָה compare Ezekiel 44:22 (3 times in verse) (id. of all priests, except widow of priest); Numbers 30:10 (P; of widow's vow, || גְּרוּשָׁה); נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֺת = ye shall be slain Exodus 22:23 (|| בְּנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִים) compare Psalm 109:9; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 18:21; Ezekiel 22:25, also Lamentations 5:3; (simile); of those snatched away by pestilence אַלְמְנוֺתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15; by sword, id., Psalm 78:64; Greek Version of the LXX We read אַלְמָנוֺת חַיּוֺת 2 Samuel 20:3 (see אַלְמָנוּת below) of imprisoned concubines; figurative of Jerusalem Lamentations 1:1; Babylon Isaiah 47:8; especially widow as helpless, exposed to oppression & harsh treatment (often || יָתוֺם, & גֵּר); Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 10:2; Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 31:16; Psalm 94:6; Malachi 3:5; harshness forbidden, & care for them enjoined Exodus 22:21 (E) Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; Deuteronomy 24:17, 19, 20, 21; Deuteronomy 26:12, 13; Deuteronomy 27:19; Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10, compare Job 29:13; under especially care of God Deuteronomy 10:18; Jeremiah 49:11; Proverbs 15:25; Psalm 68:6; Psalm 146:9; once of severity of judgment in not sparing widow Isaiah 9:16. (אַל׳ Isaiah 13:22 see below אַרְמוֺן; Ezekiel 19:7 see ib. & also below H4583 מעון.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:11; 38:11

Exodus

22:21; 22:23; 22:23

Leviticus

21:14; 22:13

Numbers

30:10

Deuteronomy

10:18; 14:29; 16:11; 16:14; 24:17; 24:19; 24:20; 24:21; 26:12; 26:13; 27:19

2 Samuel

14:5; 20:3

1 Kings

7:14; 11:26; 17:9; 17:10; 17:20

Job

22:9; 24:3; 27:15; 27:18; 29:13; 31:16

Psalms

68:6; 78:64; 94:6; 109:9; 146:9

Proverbs

15:25

Isaiah

1:17; 1:23; 9:16; 10:2; 13:22; 47:8

Jeremiah

7:6; 15:8; 18:21; 22:3; 49:11

Lamentations

1:1; 5:3

Ezekiel

19:7; 22:25; 44:22

Zechariah

7:10

Malachi

3:5

H490

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H490 matches the Hebrew אַלְמָנָה ('almānâ),
which occurs 56 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 38:11–Eze 22:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah H3063 said H559 to his daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar, H8559 “Remain H3427 a widow H490 in your father’s H1 house H1004 until H5704 my son H1121 Shelah H7956 grows H1431 up”; for he [fn]thought, H559 “I am afraid that he too H1571 may die H4191 like his brothers.” H251 So Tamar H8559 went H1980 and lived H3427 in her father’s H1 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not afflict H6031 any H3605 widow H490 or orphan. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and My anger H639 will be kindled, H2734 and I will kill H2026 you with the sword, H2719 and your wives H802 shall become H1961 widows H490 and your children H1121 fatherless. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - ‘A widow, H490 or a divorced H1644 woman, or one who is profaned H2491 by harlotry, H2181 these H428 he may not take; H3947 but rather H3588 H518 he is to [fn]marry H3947 a virgin H1330 of his own people, H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - ‘But if H3588 a priest’s H3548 daughter H1323 becomes H1961 a widow H490 or divorced, H1644 and has H369 no H369 child H2233 and returns H7725 to her father’s H1 house H1004 as in her youth, H5271 she shall eat H398 of her father’s H1 [fn]food; H3899 but no H3808 H3605 [fn]layman H2114 shall eat H398 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - “But the vow H5088 of a widow H490 or of a divorced H1644 woman, everything H3605 by which H834 she has bound H631 herself, H5315 shall stand H6965 against H5921 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes H6213 justice H4941 for the orphan H3490 and the widow, H490 and shows H157 His love H157 for the alien H1616 by giving H5414 him food H3899 and clothing. H8071

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “The Levite, H3881 because H3588 he has H369 no H369 portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 among H5973 you, and the alien, H1616 the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow H490 who H834 are in your [fn]town, H8179 shall come H935 and eat H398 and be satisfied, H7646 in order H4616 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hand H3027 which H834 you do. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 you and your son H1121 and your daughter H1323 and your male H5650 and female H519 servants H5650 H519 and the Levite H3881 who H834 is in your [fn]town, H8179 and the stranger H1616 and the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow H490 who H834 are in your midst, H7130 in the place H4725 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977 to establish H7931 His name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice H8055 in your feast, H2282 you and your son H1121 and your daughter H1323 and your male H5650 and female H519 servants H5650 H519 and the Levite H3881 and the stranger H1616 and the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow H490 who H834 are in your [fn]towns. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “You shall not pervert H5186 the justice H4941 [fn]due an alien H1616 or [fn]an orphan, H3490 nor H3808 take H2254 a widow’s H490 garment H899 in pledge. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When H3588 you reap H7114 your harvest H7105 in your field H7704 and have forgotten H7911 a sheaf H6016 in the field, H7704 you shall not go H7725 back H7725 to get H3947 it; it shall be for the alien, H1616 for the [fn]orphan, H3490 and for the widow, H490 in order H4616 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - “When H3588 you beat H2251 your olive H2132 tree, H2132 you shall not go H6286 over H6286 the boughs H6286 [fn]again; H310 it shall be for the alien, H1616 for the [fn]orphan, H3490 and for the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - “When H3588 you gather H1219 the grapes of your vineyard, H3754 you shall not [fn]go H5953 over H5953 it again; H310 it shall be for the alien, H1616 for the [fn]orphan, H3490 and for the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “When H3588 you have finished H3615 [fn]paying H6237 all H3605 the tithe H4643 of your increase H8393 in the third H7992 year, H8141 the year H8141 of tithing, H4643 then you shall give H5414 it to the Levite, H3881 to the stranger, H1616 to the [fn]orphan H3490 and to the widow, H490 that they may eat H398 in your [fn]towns H8179 and be satisfied. H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “You shall say H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 ‘I have removed H1197 the sacred H6944 portion from my house, H1004 and also H1571 have given H5414 it to the Levite H3881 and the alien, H1616 the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow, H490 according to all H3605 Your commandments H4687 which H834 You have commanded H6680 me; I have not transgressed H5674 or forgotten H7911 any H4480 of Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who distorts H5186 the justice H4941 due an alien, H1616 [fn]orphan, H3490 and widow.’ H490 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - The king H4428 said H559 to her, “What H4100 is your trouble?” And she [fn]answered, H559 “Truly H61 I am a widow, H490 for my husband H376 is dead. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow’s H490 son H1121 from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, H5321 and his father H1 was a man H376 of Tyre, H6876 a worker H2790 in bronze; H5178 and he was filled H4390 with wisdom H2451 and understanding H8394 and skill H1847 for doing H6213 any H3605 work H4399 in bronze. H5178 So he came H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 and performed H6213 all H3605 his work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:26 - Then Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 an Ephraimite H673 of Zeredah, H6868 Solomon’s H8010 servant, H5650 whose mother’s H517 name H8034 was Zeruah, H6871 a widow, H490 also [fn]rebelled H7311 H3027 against the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - “Arise, H6965 go H1980 to Zarephath, H6886 which H834 belongs to Sidon, H6721 and stay H3427 there; H8033 behold, H2009 I have commanded H6680 a widow H490 there H8033 to provide H3557 for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose H6965 and went H1980 to Zarephath, H6886 and when he came H935 to the gate H6607 of the city, H5892 behold, H2009 a widow H490 was there H8033 gathering H7197 sticks; H6086 and he called H7121 to her and said, H559 “Please H4994 get H3947 me a little H4592 water H4325 in a [fn]jar, H3627 that I may drink.” H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - He called H7121 to the LORD H3068 and said, H559 “O LORD H3068 my God, H430 have You also H1571 brought H7489 calamity H7489 to the widow H490 with whom H834 I am [fn]staying, H1481 by causing her son H1121 to die?” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - “You have sent H7971 widows H490 away H7971 empty, H7387
And the [fn]strength H2220 of the orphans H3490 has been crushed. H1792

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - “They drive H5090 away H5090 the donkeys H2543 of the orphans; H3490
They take H2254 the widow’s H490 ox H7794 for a pledge. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 - “He wrongs H7462 the [fn]barren H6135 woman H6135
And does H3190 no H3808 good H3190 for the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15 - “His survivors H8300 will be buried H6912 because of the plague, H4194
And [fn]their widows H490 will not be able to weep. H1058

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13 - “The blessing H1293 of the one ready to perish H6 came H935 upon me,
And I made the widow’s H490 heart H3820 sing H7442 for joy. H7442

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:16 - “If H518 I have kept H4513 the poor H1800 from their desire, H2656
Or have caused the eyes H5869 of the widow H490 to fail, H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father H1 of the fatherless H3490 and a judge H1781 [fn]for the widows, H490
Is God H430 in His holy H6944 habitation. H4583

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:64 - [fn]His priests H3548 fell H5307 by the sword, H2719
And [fn]His widows H490 could not weep. H1058

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They slay H2026 the widow H490 and the [fn]stranger H1616
And murder H7523 the orphans. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - Let his children H1121 be fatherless H3490
And his wife H802 a widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD H3068 [fn]protects H8104 the [fn]strangers; H1616
He [fn]supports H5749 the fatherless H3490 and the widow, H490
But He [fn]thwarts H5791 the way H1870 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:25 - The LORD H3068 will tear H5255 down H5255 the house H1004 of the proud, H1343
But He will establish H5324 the boundary H1366 of the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn H3925 to do H3190 good; H3190
Seek H1875 justice, H4941
Reprove H833 the ruthless, H2541
[fn]Defend H8199 the orphan, H3490
Plead H7378 for the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your rulers H8269 are rebels H5637
And companions H2270 of thieves; H1590
Everyone H3605 loves H157 a bribe H7810
And chases H7291 after rewards. H8021
They do not [fn]defend H8199 the [fn]orphan, H3490
Nor H3808 does the widow’s H490 plea H7379 come H935 before H413 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the Lord H136 does not take H8055 pleasure H8055 in their young H970 men, H970
Nor H3808 does He have H7355 pity H7355 on their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows; H490
For every H3605 one H3605 of them is godless H2611 and an evildoer, H7489
And every H3605 mouth H6310 is speaking H1696 foolishness. H5039
In spite of all H3605 this, H2088 His anger H639 does not turn H7725 away H7725
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - So as to [fn]deprive H5186 the needy H1800 of justice H1779
And rob H1497 the poor H6041 of My people H5971 of their rights, H4941
So that widows H490 may be their spoil H7998
And that they may plunder H962 the [fn]orphans. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - [fn]Hyenas H338 will howl H6030 in their fortified H490 towers
And jackals H8565 in their luxurious H6027 palaces. H1964
Her fateful time H6256 also [fn]will soon H7138 come H935
And her days H3117 will not be prolonged. H4900

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - “Now, H6258 then, hear H8085 this, H2088 you sensual H5719 one, H5719
Who dwells H3427 securely, H983
Who says H559 in [fn]your heart, H3824
‘I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.
I will not sit H3427 as a widow, H490
Nor H3808 know H3045 loss H7908 of children.’ H7908

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress H6231 the alien, H1616 the [fn]orphan, H3490 or the widow, H490 and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place, H4725 nor H3808 walk H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 to your own ruin, H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - “Their widows H490 will be more H4480 numerous H6105 before Me
Than H4480 the sand H2344 of the seas; H3220
I will bring H935 against them, against H5921 the mother H517 of a young H970 man, H970
A destroyer H7703 at noonday; H6672
I will suddenly H6597 bring H5307 down H5307 on her
Anguish H5892 and dismay. H928

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 - Therefore, H3651 give H5414 their children H1121 over to famine H7458
And deliver H5064 them up to the [fn]power H3027 of the sword; H2719
And let their wives H802 become H1961 childless H7909 and widowed. H490
Let their men H376 also be smitten H2026 to death, H4194
Their young H970 men H970 struck H5221 down H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the one who has been robbed H1497 from the power H3027 of his oppressor. H6216 Also do not mistreat H3238 or do H2554 violence H2554 to the stranger, H1616 the orphan, H3490 or the widow; H490 and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - “Leave H5800 your [fn]orphans H3490 behind, H5800 I will keep H2421 them alive; H2421
And let your widows H490 trust H982 in Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - How H351 lonely H910 sits H3427 the city H5892
That was full H7227 of people! H5971
She has become H1961 like a widow H490
Who H7227 was once great H7227 among the nations! H1471
She who was a princess H8282 among the [fn]provinces H4082
Has become H1961 a forced H4522 laborer! H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We have become H1961 orphans H3490 without H369 a father, H1
Our mothers H517 are like widows. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - ‘He [fn]destroyed H7489 their [fn]fortified H490 towers H759
And laid H2717 waste H2717 their cities; H5892
And the land H776 and its fullness H4393 were appalled H3456
Because H4480 of the sound H6963 of his roaring. H7581

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “They have treated H7043 father H1 and mother H517 lightly H7043 within you. The alien H1616 they have oppressed H6213 H6233 in your midst; H8432 the fatherless H3490 and the widow H490 they have wronged H3238 in you.

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