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I. בַּת‎₅₈₇ noun feminine daughter (= *בַּנְתְּ‎ from בן‎; Phoenician בת‎, MI בנת‎ plural maidens, Assyrian bintu Winckler^{Sargon, Glossary,} Arabic ; Sabean בנת בת,‎ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 391} CIS^{iv. l, No. 6. 21}; Aramaic ) — ׳ב‎ absolute Exodus 1:16 +; construct Genesis 11:29 +; suffix בִּתִּי‎ Deuteronomy 22:16 +; בִּתְּךָ‎ Genesis 29:18 +; בִּתֵּנוּ‎ 34:17 etc.; plural בָּנוֺת‎ 5:4 +; construct בְּנוֺת‎ 6:2 +; suffix בְּנֹתַי‎ 31:26+; בְּנוֺתֶיךָ‎ 19:12 +; בְּנֹתָם‎ 34:21; בְּנוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Deuteronomy 12:31 +, etc.; —

1 daughter, female child, born of a woman Genesis 30:21; 34:1; Exodus 1:16, 22; 21:4; Leviticus 12:6; Hosea 1:6 compare Genesis 20:12; Leviticus 18:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4, 7, 10; 11:11, 13, 15 compare 11:29; 19:8; 20:12; 28:2; Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; often "" בֵּן‎ son Genesis 5:4, 7 + (see בֵּן‎); compare in allegory of Jehoash 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18; note especially הָאָדָם בְּנוֺת‎ i.e. human women Genesis 6:2, 4; הַמְּטַנָּה בִּתְּךָ‎ thy younger daughter 29:18 (compare הַצְּעִירָה‎ 29:26 opposed to הַבְּכִירָה‎); הַגְּדוֺלָה בִּתִּי‎ my eldest daughter 1 Samuel 18:17; בַּתֿ(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ‎ = princess2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 9:34; Daniel 11:6 compare 2 Samuel 13:18; Jeremiah 41:10; 43:6; Psalm 45:10; compare as term of praise בַּתנָֿדִיב‎ Cant 7:2; in particular

a. girl called בִּתֵּנוּ‎ by father and brothers Genesis 34:17 compare בִּתְּכֶם‎ 34:8.

b. of adopted daughter Esther 2:7, 15.

c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Ruth 1:11-12, 13; 2:2, 8, 22; 3:1, 16, 18.

d. בַּתאָֿבִיו‎ = sister Ezekiel 22:11 (appositive אחזתו‎); also half-sister Genesis 20:12 בַתאִֿמִּי לֹא אַךְ בַּתאָֿבִי‎, compare Leviticus 18:9 & 18:11 אָבִיךָ בַּתאֵֿשֶׁת‎, 20:17.

e. בַּתדֹּֿדוֺ‎ = cousin Esther 2:7.

f. used in kindly address, בִּתִּי‎ Ruth 3:10-11, (Boaz to Ruth), compare Psalm 45:11; בְּנוֺתַי‎ in mouth of ׳י‎ Isaiah 43:6 ("" בָּנַי‎).

g. בָּנָיו בְּנוֺת‎ = granddaughters Genesis 46:7 (P) compare Leviticus 18:10 & 18:17 (H); note also Genesis 37:35, where בנותיו‎ must include other than actual daughters.

h. בַּתבְּֿתוּאֵל רִבְקָה‎ (as more precise designation) Genesis 25:20; compare 24:23-24, 47 (twice in verse); also 26:34 (twice in verse); 29:10 +; note especially מַּרְעֹה בַּתֿ‎ (without personal name) Exodus 2:5, 7, 8, 9, 10 compare 1 Kings 3:1; 7:8; 9:24; 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; שׁוּעַ וּשְׁמוֺ כְּנַעֲַנִי בַּתאִֿישׁ‎ Genesis 38:2 compare 38:12 (but compare 1 Chronicles 2:3 below בַּתשֿׁוּעַ‎ proper name, feminine below)

i. often plural as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: צִיּוֺן בְּנוֺת‎ Isaiah 3:16-17, 4:4; Song of Solomon 3:11 compare Isaiah 49:22; 60:4; Lamentations 3:51; יְרוּשָׁלַם בְּנוֺת‎ Song of Solomon 1:5; 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4; בְּנוֺתשִֿׁילוֺ‎ Judges 21:21 (twice in verse); רַבָּה בְּנוֺת‎ Jeremiah 49:3; observe transitional phrase הָעִיר אַנְשֵׁי בְּנוֺת‎ Genesis 24:13; further כְּנָ֑עַן בְּנוֺת‎ 28:1, 6, 8; 36:2 (all P) compare ׳ב הַכְּנַעֲנִי‎ 24:3, 37 (J); הָאָרֶץ בְּנוֺת‎ 27:46; 34:1 (both P); מוֺאָב בְּנוֺת‎ Numbers 25:1; Isaiah 16:2 compare Numbers 21:29; ׳ב חֵת‎ Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P); ׳ב מְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ Judges 14:1-2, 2 Samuel 1:20 "" ׳ב הָֽעֲרֵלִים‎ 1:20 (poetry); ׳ב יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Judges 11:40; 1 Samuel 1:24 (poetry); ׳ב יְהוּרָה‎ Psalm 48:12; 97:8; ׳ב מְנַשֶּׁה‎ Joshua 17:6; ׳ב דָּן‎2 Chronicles 2:13; compare בַּתלַֿוֵי‎ Exodus 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also ׳ב אַחֶיךָ‎ Judges 14:3; ׳ב עַמֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ezekiel 13:17. — בֵּתצִֿיּוֺן‎ etc. see below 3 below

2 young women, women Genesis 30:13 (J) Proverbs 31:29; Song of Solomon 2:2; 6:9; בֹּטְחוֺת בָּנוֺת‎ Isaiah 32:9; also הַנָּשִׁים בַּת‎ Daniel 11:17.

3 with name of city, land, or people, poetic personification of that city or inhabitants, etc.: בַּתצִֿיּוֺן‎ Isaiah 1:8; 10:32; 16:1; 62:11; Micah 1:13; 4:8, 10, 13; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:2, 23; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 9:15; Lamentations 1:6; 2:1, 4; 4:22; even בתצֿיון זִקְנֵי‎ 2:10; ב ׳חוֺמַת ׳צ‎ 2:8; 2:18; also ב ׳צֿ׳בְּתוּלַת‎ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Lamentations 2:13; ב ׳צֿ׳שְׁבִּיָּה‎ Isaiah 52:2; ׳ב יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Micah 4:8; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 9:9; Lamentations 2:13, 15; compare בַּתמּֿוּצַי‎ Zephaniah 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones; בַּתצֹֿר‎ Psalm 45:13; ׳ב בָּבֶל‎ Jeremiah 50:42; 51:33; Psalm 137:8; ב ׳בְּתוּלַת בָּבֶל‎ Isaiah 47:1; see further Zechariah 2:11; also of Tarshish Isaiah 23:10, Sidon 23:12 (+ בְּתוּלַת‎), Dibon Jeremiah 48:18 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת‎), Gallim Isaiah 10:30; יְֿהוּדָה׳ב בְּתוּלַת‎ Lamentations 1:15; compare יְהוּדָה בַּת מִבְצְרֵי‎ 2:2; בַּתעַֿמִּי‎ daughter of my people Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11; 6:14, 26; 8:11, 19, 21, 22; Jeremiah 8:23; 9:6; Lamentations 3:48; 4:3, 6, 10, ב ׳בְּתוּלַת ׳י‎ Jeremiah 14:17; בַּתמִֿצְרָ֑יִם‎ 46:24; also 46:11 (+ בְּתוּלַת‎), 46:19 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת‎); ׳ב אֱדוֺם‎ Lamentations 4:21-22, ׳ב כַּשְׂדִּים‎ Isaiah 47:1, 5; note הַשּׁוֺבֵבָ֑ה הַבַּת‎ Jeremiah 31:22 ("" יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּתוּלַת‎ 31:21) 49:4 (= Ammon); on בַּתאֲֿשֻׁרִים‎ Ezekiel 27:6 see below אֲשֻׁרִים‎ p. 81; less often in plural הַגּוֺיִם בְּנוֺת‎ 32:16; ׳ב ׳גּ אַדִּרִם‎ 32:18 (these perhaps below

1i); מְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנוֺת‎ Ezekiel 16:27 (in allegory); compare also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc. V:44; V:45; V:46; V:46; V:53; V:55; V:55; V:57; V:57; 23:2.

4 plural = villages, after name of city, וּבְכָלבְּֿנֹתֶיהָ וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן‎ Numbers 21:25 compare 21:32; 32:42 (E) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + 15:28 ᵐ5‎ Di, 17:11 (6 t.) 17:16 (J) = Judges 1:27 (4 t. in verse); 11:26 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 49:2 17t.; Chronicles + 6 t.; Nehemiah 11:25-31. On 1 Chronicles 18:1 & its variation from "" 2 Samuel 8:1 see We Dr.

5 in phrases denoting character, quality, etc., נֵכָר בַּתאֵֿל‎ daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people) Malachi 2:11; בַּתגְּֿדוּר‎ daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Micah 4:14; הַשִּׁיר בְּנוֺת‎ Ecclesiastes 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּתבְּֿלִיַּעַל‎ 1 Samuel 1:16 see בְּלִיַּעַל‎ below בלה‎.

6 יַעֲנָה בַּת‎ = ostrich Leviticus 11:16 = Deuteronomy 14:15; plural יַעֲנָה בְּנוֺת‎ Job 30:29; Micah 1:8; Isaiah 13:21; 34:13; 43:20; Jeremiah 50:39 (see יַעֲנָה‎); בַּתעַֿיִן‎ pupil of the eye Lamentations 2:18 compare Ethiopic see also אישׁוֺן‎

7 figurative בָנוֺת שְׁתֵּי לַעֲלוּקָה‎ Proverbs 30:15 two daughters (i.e. Sh®°ôl & the barren womb, compare Comm.)

8 of vine = branch עֲלֵישֿׁוּר צָֽעֲרָה בָּנוֺת‎ Genesis 49:22 compare Di & v: below בֵּן‎.

9 as noun relative (all P), of age of woman שָׁנָה בַּתתִּֿשְׁעִים‎ Genesis 17:17; of ewe-lamb בַּתשְֿׁנָתָהּ‎ Leviticus 14:10; Numbers 6:14; of she-goat id. 15:27. compare בֵּן‎ 9 — II. בַּת‎ see below בתת‎.

I. בַּת‎ daughter see below בן‎.