Strong’s H0488

אַלְמָן

Part of speech

Adjective

Transliteration

alman

Pronunciation

al-mahn

Definition

Widower

Meaning

discarded

Usage

The term "alman" refers to a man who has lost his wife by death and has not remarried. In the Hebrew Bible, the focus is often on widows, but the existence of the term "alman" indicates that the plight of widowers was also recognized, albeit less frequently mentioned.

Bible references

Jeremiah 51:5