Lexical Definition

‎הָרֶה‎ hâreh (haw-reh') pregnant ^H:A-F
or הָרִי hârîy (hawree'); (Hosea 14:1), from ‎הָרָה‎

(be, woman) with child, conceive, [idiom] great.

• pregnant

1) pregnant

Extended Information

spelling of: הָרֶה

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎הָרָה‎ adjective feminine pregnant — absolute ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Gen 16:11 + 10 t.; construct ‎הֲרַת‎ Jer 20:17 plural construct ‎הָרוֺת‎ Amos 1:13 suffix ‎הָרוֺתֶיהָ‎ 2Kgs 15:16 ‎הָרֹתֵיהֶם‎ 2Kgs 8:12 — pregnant, as attributive, ‎׳‎‎אִשָּׁה ה‎ Exod 21:22 as predicate Gen 38:24 (‎לִזְנוּנִים‎), vGen 38:25 (‎לְאִישׁ‎), 1Sam 4:19; 2Sam 11:5; Isa 7:14 (+ ‎וְיֹלֶדֶת‎); in phrase ‎הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ‎ Gen 16:11 (on resemblance to Isa 7:14 compare Peters^{Hebraica. Apr. 1885, 243; Apr. 1886, 175}), Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7 = substantive pregnant women, women with child Amos 1:13; 2Kgs 8:12; 2Kgs 15:16; Jer 31:8, and, in simile, Isa 26:17 once of womb ‎וְרַחְמָהּ‎ ‎הֲרַת עוֺלָם‎ Jer 20:17. ‎הֵרוֺן‎ see ‎הֵרָיוֺן‎ below

[‎הָרִיָּה‎] adjective feminine pregnant, only plural as substantive ‎וְהָרִיּוֺתָיו‎ Hos 14:1* (compare Assyrian êriiâtê Jäger^{BAS i. 473}).

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