Words

בֶּטֶן H990

Home gloss

body

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

womb / womb

Note

The belly and the womb in one word: "twins in her body" (25:24); "the fruit of your body" (Deut 28:4); "from the body of my mother" (Ps 22:11). "Belly" is גָּחוֹן's, "womb" רֶחֶם's, "innards" מֵעִים's

Rulings

2, 39

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 25

• 25:23 And said to her:"Two nations in your body,and two folk from your innards shall separate;and folk than folk shall be stouter,and the vast shall serve the younger."
• 25:24 And her days were filled to bear, and look, twins in her body.