BDB1028
I. בֶ֫טֶן
noun feminine
Num 5:25
belly, body, womb (Arabic
[untranscribed source text 565]) — ׳
בּ absolute Judg 13:7 +; בָּ֑טֶן Judg 13:5 +; construct בֶּטֶן
Ps 139:13
+; suffix בִּטְנִי
Job 3:10 +;
בִּטְנְךָ
Deut 7:13 +;
בִּטְנֵךְ
Gen 25:23
בִּטְנוֺ
Job 15:2 +, etc.;
—
1.
a.
belly, abdomen, of man Judg 3:21; Judg 3:22 of woman Num 5:21; Num 5:22; Num 5:27 as beautiful in form Song 7:3 as seat of hunger Prov 13:25 as eating Ezek 3:3 (||
מֵעִים); compare Prov 18:20 (figurative); as seat of passion, avarice, etc. Job 20:20;
Job 20:23
in figure of God's casting riches out of extortioner's belly Job 20:15 (|| וַיְקִאֶנּוּ), compare also
Ps 17:14
figurative of innermost part of man = inmost soul
Prov 18:8 =
Prov 26:22
; Prov
20:27; Prov 20:30 (all ׳
חַדְרֵי ב); as seat of intell. faculties (= English breast or
bosom) Prov 22:18 (compare מֵעִים
Ps 40:9) Job 15:2; Job 15:35;
Job 32:18,
רוּחַ בִּטְנִי Job 15:19 as trembling at theophany Hab 3:16.
b. belly of
hippopotamus Job
40:16.
c.
בֶּטֶן שְׁאוֺל
Jonah 2:3
(Jonah's prayer: || מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַכ יַמִּים).
2.
body, opposed to soul Ps 31:10 (opposed to נֶפֶשׁ), also Ps 44:26 (opposed to
id.; — on this compare ZimBp 71).
3.
womb
Gen 25:23;
Gen 25:24;
Gen 38:27
(all
J
) Hos 12:4
; Job
10:19 (|| רֶחֶם Job 10:18) Eccl 11:5; Job 31:15
הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן
עשֵֹׁנִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ
did not he that made me in the womb make him (|| וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד
); compare Ps 139:13
תְּסֻכֵּנִי
בְּבֶטֶן, & Jer 1:5 especially ׳
פְּרִי ב i.e. offspring Gen 30:2 (
E
) Ps
127:3; Isa 13:18; Prov 31:2
בַּר בִּטְנִי = my son (|| בְּרִי) compare
בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ
Isa 49:15
of birth יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן
Job 1:21; Job 3:11; Eccl 5:14
בֶּטֶן alone = birth
Hos 9:11 (||
לֵדָה, הֵרָיוֺן), compare Figurative מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּ֑רַח
Job 38:29
out of whose womb came the ice ? compare לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִּטְנִי
Job 3:10 i.e.
of my (mother's) womb; גָּחָה מִבֶּטֶן
take, draw out of the womb, subject ׳
י (i.e. cause to be born) Ps 22:10
פְּרִי
בֶטֶןused also of father Mic 6:7, compare Ps 132:11 (David as ancestor of Messianic King); Job 19:17
בְּנֵי בִטְנִי
sons of my body, of doubtful interpretation, perhaps = sons of my (mother's)
womb, compare Job 3:10 (Ges
De), i.e. my brother or men of my clan
RSK 33 f., others my sons (Ew), my grandsons (Di
); also in addressing Israel As a whole (masculine suffix) Deut 7:13; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:11; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:53; Deut 30:9,
compare מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם
Hos 9:16
beloved ones of their womb; (מִבֶּטֶן) מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן = from
birth
Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7; Ps 58:4; Ps 71:6, compare
also Isa 44:2;
Isa 44:24;
Isa 46:3 (||
רָחַ֑ם) Isa 48:8; Isa 49:1; Isa 49:5
מִבֶּטֶן נִמִּי
id.
Judg 16:17;
Job 31:18;
Ps 22:11
(|| רֶחֶם).
4. architectural word of some rounded projection connected with the two pillars Jachin & Boaz
1Kgs 7:20 (
Klo reads הבית).