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beṭen בֶּ֫טֶן ‘belly’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow

beṭen n, f
1) belly, womb, body
 1a) belly, abdomen
  1a1) as seat of hunger
  1a2) as seat of mental faculties
  1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.)
 1b) womb

Mentioned in Genesis 30:2, 25:23, 25:24, 38:27 Numbers 5:27, 5:21, 5:22 Deuteronomy 7:13, 28:11, 30:9, 28:4, 28:18, 28:53 Judges 16:17, 3:21, 3:22, 13:7, 13:5 1 Kings 7:20 Isaiah 48:8, 49:1, 44:2, 46:3, 49:5, 49:15, 44:24, 13:18 Jeremiah 1:5 Ezekiel 3:3 Hosea 12:4, 9:11, 9:16 Jonah 2:3 Micah 6:7 Habakkuk 3:16 Psalms 22:11, 22:10, 71:6, 139:13, 132:11, 44:26, 17:14, 31:10, 58:4, 127:3 Proverbs 20:27, 18:20, 13:25, 18:8, 20:30, 22:18, 26:22, 31:2 Job 31:18, 32:19, 40:16, 15:35, 31:15, 20:15, 1:21, 20:23, 19:17, 10:19, 3:10, 3:11, 15:2, 20:20, 32:18, 38:29 Song of Songs 7:3 Ecclesiastes 11:5, 5:14

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