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H2029

הָרָה

ha.rahH:V

to conceive

1) to conceive, become pregnant, bear, be with child, be conceived, progenitor 1a)(Qal) to conceive, become pregnant 1b) (Pual) to be conceived 1c) (Poel) to conceive, contrive, devise

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. הָרָה verb conceive, become pregnant (Assyrian êrû compare DlPr 21 Muss.-ArnoltHebraica. Oct. 1890, 67 JägerBAS i. 473); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular וְהָרָה consecutive Ps 7:15 3 feminine singular הָרָ֑תָה Gen 16:4; Gen 16:5 2 feminine singular וְהָרִית consecutive Judg 13:3 1 singular הָרִיתִי Num 11:12 1 plural הָרִינוּ Isa 26:18 Imperfect וַתַּ֫הַר Gen 4:1 + 26 t. (וַתַּ֑הַר Gen 16:4); 3 feminine plural וַתַּהֲרֶיןָ Gen 19:36 2 masculine plural תַּהֲרוּ Isa 33:11 Infinitive absolute הָרֹה Job 15:35, הָרוֺ Isa 59:4 compare also vIsa 59:13 below Po. below; Participle feminine suffix הוֺרָתִי Song 3:4 הוֺרָתָם Hos 2:7 —
1. literally conceive, become pregnant Gen 16:4 (twice in verse); Gen 16:5; Gen 19:36; Gen 25:21; Gen 38:18 (all J), 2Sam 11:5 (agency of man expressed by מִן Gen 19:36, לְ Gen 38:18); usually in phrase וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד Gen 4:1; Gen 4:17; Gen 21:2; Gen 29:32; Gen 29:33; Gen 29:34; Gen 29:35; Gen 30:5; Gen 30:7 (all J), vGen 30:17 vGen 30:19 vGen 30:23 (all E), Gen 38:3; Gen 38:4 (both J), Exod 2:2 (E), 1Sam 1:20; 1Sam 2:21; 2Kgs 4:17; 1Chr 7:23; Isa 8:3; Hos 1:3; Hos 1:6; Hos 1:8, probably also 1Chr 4:17 ותהר אֶתמִֿרְיָם [ותלד] compare Be; further Judg 13:3, and compare Moses' question הֶאָנֹכִי הָרִיתִי אֵת כָּלהָֿעָם הַזֶּה אִםאָֿנֹכִי יְלִדְתִּיהוּ Num 11:12 have I conceived all this people, or have I brought it forth? Participle f. || אֵם Hos 2:7; Song 3:4.
2. metaph. הָרִינוּ חַלְנוּ כְמוֺ יָלַדְנוּ רוּחַ Isa 26:18 of anxious and disappointed waiting; תַּהֲרוּ חֲשַׁשׁ תֵּלְדוּ קַשׁ Isa 33:11, of futile planning, compare Che; elsewhere of evil, mischief וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר Ps 7:15 (subject wicked man), compare Job 15:35; Isa 59:4, so also vIsa 59:13, read הָרוֺ (Infinitive absolute) compare Di. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular הֹרָה נָּ֑בֶר Job 3:3 a man hath been conceived (Böii. p. 103 BaNB 77 regard as Qal passive). Po. Infinitive absolute, conceive, contrive, devise הֹרוֺ וְהֹגוֺ מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵי שָׁ֑קֶר Isa 59:13, but read rather הָרוֺ וְהָגוֺ Qal Infinitive absolute see above (Bal.c. explanation ᵑ0 as Qal Infinitive passive). — On הוֺרַי Gen 49:26 see הוֺר and הַר
1.c.

40 occurrences

Genesis (20), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Judges (1), I Samuel (2), II Samuel (1), II Kings (1), I Chronicles (2), Job (2), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (5), Hosea (3)