בַּת

1. daughter, female child, born of a woman 1 Mos 30,21; 1 Mos 34,1; 2 Mos 1,16; 2 Mos 1,22; 2 Mos 21,4; 3 Mos 12,6; Hos 1,6 compare 1 Mos 20,12; 3 Mos 18,9; 5 Mos 27,22 +; begotten by a man 1 Mos 5,4; 1 Mos 5,7; 1 Mos 5,10; 1 Mos 11,11; 1 Mos 11,13; 1 Mos 11,15 compare 1 Mos 11,29; 1 Mos 19,8; 1 Mos 20,12; 1 Mos 28,2; 3 Mos 19,9; 5 Mos 27,22 +; often || בֵּן son 1 Mos 5,4; 1 Mos 5,7 + (see בֵּן); compare in allegory of Jehoash 2 Kong 14,9 = 2 Kron 25,18 note especially בְּנוֺת הָאָדָם i.e. human women 1 Mos 6,2; 1 Mos 6,4 בִּתְּךָ הַפְּטַנָּה thy younger daughter 1 Mos 29,18 (compare הַצְּעִירָה v1 Mos 29,26 opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֺלָה my eldest daughter 1 Sam 18,17 בַּתֿ(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ = princess 2 Kron 22,11; 2 Kong 9,34; Dan 11,6 compare 2 Sam 13,18; Jer 41,10; Jer 43,6; Sl 45,10 compare as term of praise בַּתנָֿדִיב Hoj 7,2 in particular
\ \ a. girl called בִּתֵּנוּ by father and brothers 1 Mos 34,17 compare בִּתְּכֶם v1 Mos 34,8.
\ \ b. of adopted daughter Est 2,7; Est 2,15.
\ \ c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Rut 1,11; Rut 1,12; Rut 1,13; Rut 2,2; Rut 2,8; Rut 2,22; Rut 3,1; Rut 3,16; Rut 3,18.
\ \ d. בַּתאָֿבִיו = sister Ezk 22,11 (appositive אחזתו); also half-sister 1 Mos 20,12 בַּתאָֿבִי אַךְ לֹא בַתאִֿמִּי, compare 3 Mos 18,9 & v3 Mos 18,11 בַּתאֵֿשֶׁת אָבִיךָ, 3 Mos 20,17.
\ \ e. בַּתדֹּֿדוֺ = cousin Est 2,7. feminine used in kindly address, בִּתִּי Rut 3,10; Rut 3,11 (Boaz to Ruth), compare Sl 45,11 בְּנוֺתַי in mouth of ׳י Es 43,6 (|| בָּנַי).
\ \ g. בְּנוֺת בָּנָיו = granddaughters 1 Mos 46,7 (P) compare 3 Mos 18,10 & v3 Mos 18,17 (H); note also 1 Mos 37,35, where בנותיו must include other than actual daughters.
\ \ h. רִבְקָה בַּתבְּֿתוּאֵל (as more precise designation) 1 Mos 25,20 compare 1 Mos 24,23; 1 Mos 24,24; 1 Mos 24,47 (twice in verse); also 1 Mos 26,34 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 29,10 +; note especially בַּתֿ פַּרְעֹה (without personal name) 2 Mos 2,5; 2 Mos 2,7; 2 Mos 2,8; 2 Mos 2,9; 2 Mos 2,10 compare 1 Kong 3,1; 1 Kong 7,8; 1 Kong 9,24; 1 Kong 11,1; 2 Kron 8,11 בַּתאִֿישׁ כְּנַעֲַנִי וּשְׁמוֺ שׁוּעַ 1 Mos 38,2 compare v1 Mos 38,12 (but compare 1 Kron 2,3 below בַּתשֿׁוּעַ proper name, feminine below)
\ \ i. often plural as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: בְּנוֺת צִיּוֺן Es 3,16; Es 3,17; Es 4,4; Hoj 3,11 compare Es 49,22; Es 60,4; Klg 3,51 בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָׁלַם Hoj 1,5; Hoj 2,7; Hoj 3,5; Hoj 3,10; Hoj 5,8; Hoj 5,16; Hoj 8,4 בְּנוֺתשִֿׁילוֺ Dom 21,21 (twice in verse); בְּנוֺת רַבָּה Jer 49,3 observe transitional phrase בְּנוֺת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר 1 Mos 24,13 further בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן 1 Mos 28,1; 1 Mos 28,6; 1 Mos 28,8; 1 Mos 36,2 (all P) compare הַכְּנַעֲנִי ׳ב 1 Mos 24,3; 1 Mos 24,37 (J); בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ 1 Mos 27,46; 1 Mos 34,1 (both P); בְּנוֺת מוֺאָב 4 Mos 25,1; Es 16,2 compare 4 Mos 21,29 חֵת ׳ב 1 Mos 27,46 (twice in verse) (P); פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ב Dom 14,1; Dom 14,2; 2 Sam 1,20 || הָֽעֲרֵלִים ׳ב v2 Sam 1,20 (poetry); יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ב Dom 11,40; 1 Sam 1,24 (poetry); יְהוּרָה ׳ב Sl 48,12; Sl 97,8 מְנַשֶּׁה ׳ב Jos 17,6 דָּן ׳ב 2 Kron 2,13 compare בַּתלַֿוֵי 2 Mos 2,1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also אַחֶיךָ ׳ב Dom 14,3 עַמֶּ֑ךָ ׳ב Ezk 13,17. — בֵּתצִֿיּוֺן etc. see below 3 below

2. young women, women 1 Mos 30,13 (J) Ord 31,29; Hoj 2,2; Hoj 6,9 בָּנוֺת בֹּטְחוֺת Es 32,9 also בַּת הַנָּשִׁים Dan 11,17.

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

4. plural = villages, after name of city, וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן וּבְכָלבְּֿנֹתֶיהָ 4 Mos 21,25 compare v4 Mos 21,32; 4 Mos 32,42 (E) Jos 15,45; Jos 15,47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + vJos 15,28 ᵐ5 Di, Jos 17,11 (6 t.) vJos 17,16 (J) = Dom 1,27 (4 t. in verse); Dom 11,26 (twice in verse); Jer 49,2 + 17 t.; Chronicles + 6 t.; Neh 11,25–31. On 1 Kron 18,1 & its variation from || 2 Sam 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) Mal 2,11 בַּתגְּֿדוּר daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Mik 4,14 בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Praed 12,4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּתבְּֿלִיַּעַל 1 Sam 1,16 see בְּלִיַּעַל below בלה.

6. בַּת יַעֲנָה = ostrich 3 Mos 11,16 = 5 Mos 14,15 plural בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה Job 30,29; Mik 1,8; Es 13,21; Es 34,13; Es 43,20; Jer 50,39 (see יַעֲנָה); בַּתעַֿיִן pupil of the eye Klg 2,18 compare Ethiopic see also אישׁוֺן

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

8. of vine = branch בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲרָה עֲלֵישֿׁוּר 1 Mos 49,22 compare Di & v: below בֵּן.

9. as noun relative (all P), of age of woman בַּתתִּֿשְׁעִים שָׁנָה 1 Mos 17,17 of ewe-lamb בַּתשְֿׁנָתָהּ 3 Mos 14,10; 4 Mos 6,14 of she-goat id. 4 Mos 15,27. compare בֵּן

9. — II. בַּת see below בתת.