1 daughter, female child, born of a woman Genesis 30:21; Genesis 34:1; Exodus 1:16,22; Exodus 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; Genesis 11:11,13,15 compare Genesis 11:29; Genesis 19:8; Genesis 20:12; Genesis 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 2Chronicles 25:18; note especially בְּנוֺת הָאָדָם i.e. human women Genesis 6:2,4; בִּתְּךָ הַמְּטַנָּה thy younger daughter Genesis 29:18 (compare הַצְּעִירָה Genesis 29:26 opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֺלָה my eldest daughter 1 Samuel 18:17; בַּתֿ(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ = princess2Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 9:34; Daniel 11:6 compare 2 Samuel 13:18; Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 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 Genesis 34:8.

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

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

d. בַּתאָֿבִיו = sister Ezekiel 22:11 (appositive אחזתו); also half-sister Genesis 20:12 בַּתאָֿבִי אַךְ לֹא בַתאִֿמִּי, compare Leviticus 18:9 & Leviticus 18:11 בַּתאֵֿשֶׁת אָבִיךָ, Leviticus 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. בְּנוֺת בָּנָיו = granddaughters Genesis 46:7 (P) compare Leviticus 18:10 & Leviticus 18:17 (H); note also Genesis 37:35, where בנותיו must include other than actual daughters.

h. רִבְקָה בַּתבְּֿתוּאֵל (as more precise designation) Genesis 25:20; compare Genesis 24:23,24,47 (twice in verse); also Genesis 26:34 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:10 +; note especially בַּתֿ מַּרְעֹה (without personal name) Exodus 2:5,7,8,9,10 compare 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2Chronicles 8:11; בַּתאִֿישׁ כְּנַעֲַנִי וּשְׁמוֺ שׁוּעַ Genesis 38:2 compare Genesis 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: בְּנוֺת צִיּוֺן Isaiah 3:16,17; Isaiah 4:4; Songs 3:11 compare Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 60:4; Lamentations 3:51; בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָׁלַם Songs 1:5; Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5,10; Songs 5:8,16; Songs 8:4; בְּנוֺתשִֿׁילוֺ Judges 21:21 (twice in verse); בְּנוֺת רַבָּה Jeremiah 49:3; observe transitional phrase בְּנוֺת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר Genesis 24:13; further בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1,6,8; Genesis 36:2 (all P) compare הַכְּנַעֲנִי ׳ב Genesis 24:3,37 (J); בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ Genesis 27:46; Genesis 34:1 (both P); בְּנוֺת מוֺאָב Numbers 25:1; Isaiah 16:2 compare Numbers 21:29; חֵת ׳ב Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P); מְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ב Judges 14:1,2; 2 Samuel 1:20 "" הָֽעֲרֵלִים ׳ב 2 Samuel 1:20 (poetry); יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ב Judges 11:40; 1 Samuel 1:24 (poetry); יְהוּרָה ׳ב Psalm 48:12; Psalm 97:8; מְנַשֶּׁה ׳ב Joshua 17:6; דָּן ׳ב2Chron 2:13; compare בַּתלַֿוֵי Exodus 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also אַחֶיךָ ׳ב Judges 14:3; עַמֶּ֑ךָ ׳ב Ezekiel 13:17. — בֵּתצִֿיּוֺן etc. see below 3 below

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

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

1i); בְּנוֺת מְּלִשְׁתִּים 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; Ezekiel 23:2.

4 plural = villages, after name of city, וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן וּבְכָלבְּֿנֹתֶיהָ Numbers 21:25 compare Numbers 21:32; Numbers 32:42 (E) Joshua 15:45,47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + Joshua 15:28 ᵐ5 Di, Joshua 17:11 (6 t.) Joshua 17:16 (J) = Judges 1:27 (4 t. in verse); Judges 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., בַּתאֵֿל נֵכָר 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; בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּתבְּֿלִיַּעַל 1 Samuel 1:16 see בְּלִיַּעַל below בלה.

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

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

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

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

I. בַּת daughter see below בן.