Lexical Definition

‎הָרָה‎ hârâh (haw-raw') to conceive ^H:V
a primitive root

been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.

• to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)

1) to conceive, become pregnant, bear, be with child, be conceived, progenitor
1a)(Qal) to conceive, become pregnant
1b) (Pual) to be conceived
1c) (Poel) to conceive, contrive, devise

See Greek: γαστήρ · γέννημα · λαμβάνω · συλλαμβάνω · συλλαμβάνω · τίκτω · ὠδίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎הָרָה‎ verb conceive, become pregnant (Assyrian êrû** compare Dl^{Pr 21} Muss.-Arnolt^{Hebraica. Oct. 1890, 67} Jäger^{BAS i. 473}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְהָרָה‎ consecutive Ps 7:15* 3 feminine singular ‎הָרָ֑תָה‎ Gen 16:4; Gen 16:5 2 feminine singular ‎וְהָרִית‎ consecutive Judg 13:3 1 singular ‎הָרִיתִי‎ Num 11:12 1 plural ‎הָרִינוּ‎ Isa 26:18 Imperfect ‎וַתַּ֫הַר‎ Gen 4:1 + 26 t. (‎וַתַּ֑הַר‎ Gen 16:4); 3 feminine plural ‎וַתַּהֲרֶיןָ‎ Gen 19:36 2 masculine plural ‎תַּהֲרוּ‎ Isa 33:11 Infinitive absolute ‎הָרֹה‎ Job 15:35, ‎הָרוֺ‎ Isa 59:4 compare also vIsa 59:13 below Po. below; Participle feminine suffix ‎הוֺרָתִי‎ Song 3:4 ‎הוֺרָתָם‎ Hos 2:7* —

1. literally conceive, become pregnant Gen 16:4 (twice in verse); Gen 16:5; Gen 19:36; Gen 25:21; Gen 38:18 (all J), 2Sam 11:5 (agency of man expressed by ‎מִן‎ Gen 19:36, ‎לְ‎ Gen 38:18); usually in phrase ‎וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד‎ Gen 4:1; Gen 4:17; Gen 21:2; Gen 29:32; Gen 29:33; Gen 29:34; Gen 29:35; Gen 30:5; Gen 30:7 (all J), vGen 30:17 vGen 30:19 vGen 30:23 (all E), Gen 38:3; Gen 38:4 (both J), Exod 2:2 (E), 1Sam 1:20; 1Sam 2:21; 2Kgs 4:17; 1Chr 7:23; Isa 8:3; Hos 1:3; Hos 1:6; Hos 1:8, probably also 1Chr 4:17 ‎ותהר‎ ‎אֶתמִֿרְיָם‎ [‎ותלד‎] compare Be; further Judg 13:3, and compare Moses' question ‎הֶאָנֹכִי הָרִיתִי אֵת כָּלהָֿעָם הַזֶּה‎ ‎אִםאָֿנֹכִי יְלִדְתִּיהוּ‎ Num 11:12 have I conceived all this people, or have I brought it forth? Participle f. || ‎אֵם‎ Hos 2:7*; Song 3:4.

2. metaph. ‎הָרִינוּ חַלְנוּ כְמוֺ יָלַדְנוּ רוּחַ‎ Isa 26:18 of anxious and disappointed waiting; ‎תַּהֲרוּ חֲשַׁשׁ תֵּלְדוּ קַשׁ‎ Isa 33:11, of futile planning, compare Che; elsewhere of evil, mischief ‎וְהָרָה עָמָל‎ ‎וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר‎ Ps 7:15* (subject wicked man), compare Job 15:35; Isa 59:4, so also vIsa 59:13, read ‎הָרוֺ‎ (Infinitive absolute) compare Di. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֹרָה נָּ֑בֶר‎ Job 3:3 a man hath been conceived (Bö^{ii. p. 103} Ba^{NB 77 regard as} Qal passive). Po. Infinitive absolute, conceive, contrive, devise ‎הֹרוֺ וְהֹגוֺ‎ ‎מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵי שָׁ֑קֶר‎ Isa 59:13, but read rather ‎הָרוֺ וְהָגוֺ‎ Qal Infinitive absolute see above (Ba^{l.c. explanation} ᵑ0 as Qal Infinitive passive). — On ‎הוֺרַי‎ Gen 49:26 see ‎הוֺר‎ and ‎הַר‎

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