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# הֵרָיוֹן

Biblical Hebrew

**conception** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

conception [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5e8_5b8_5d9_5d5_5b9_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֵרָיוֹן: conception, pregnancy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5e8_5b8_5d9_5d5_5b9_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] conception, pregnancy;—ה׳ abs. Ho 9:11 Ru 4:13; sf. הֵרֹנֵךְ Gn 3:16, either contr., so Ew§ 214 a, or erron. for הריונך which stands in Sam. cf. Di;—conception, in combin. מִלֵּדָה וּמִבֶּטֶן וּמֵהֵרָי֑וֹן Ho 9:11; וַיִּתֵּן י׳ לָהּ ה׳ וַתֵּלֶד Ru 4:13; עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵרֹנֵךְ Gn 3:16 (‖ תֵּלְדִי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: conception (2).

## In the verses

[Hosea 9:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.11/#tree)

אֶפְרַ֕יִם כָּע֖וֹף יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף כְּבוֹדָ֑ם מִלֵּדָ֥ה וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* Ephraim like (the) bird it.will.fly.away glory their from giving.birth and from womb and from conception

*JPS 1917:* As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

[Ruth 4:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.13/#tree)

וַיִּקַּ֨ח בֹּ֤עַז אֶת־רוּת֙ וַתְּהִי־ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה לָ֛הּ הֵרָי֖וֹן וַתֵּ֥לֶד בֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Boaz (et) Ruth and she.became for him (into).a wife and he.went into her and he.gave Yahweh to her conception and she.bore a.son

*JPS 1917:* So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b5_5e8_5b8_5d9_5d5_5b9_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).