•[בָּטַל S 988 TWOT 235 GK 1060 ] vb. cease (NH בָּטֵל , Arabic بَطَلَ ( baṭala ), Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( baṭala ) both be futile, vain , but Assyrian baṭâlu, cease Lotz TP 68, so Aramaic בְּטֵיל , ܒܛܶܠ ( bṭel ) ) — Qal Pf. וּבָֽטְלוּ consec. Ec 12:3
and the grinders cease .
I.
בטן
TWOT
236, 237
(
meaning dub.; √ of following
)
.
• I . בֶּ˜טֶן S 990, 991 TWOT 236a GK 1061, 1062 n.f. Nu 5:25 belly, body, womb ( Arabic بَطْنٌ ( baṭnun ) ) — בּ׳ abs. Ju 13:7 +; בָּ˜טֶן v 5 +; cstr. בֶּטֶן ψ 139:13 +; sf. בִּטְנִי Jb 3:10 +; בִּטְנְךָ Dt 7:13 +; בִּטְנֵךְ Gn 25:2 3; בִּטְנֹו Jb 15:2 +, etc.;— 1. a. belly, abdomen , of man Ju 3:21 , 22 ; of woman Nu 5:21 , 22 , 27 ; as beautiful in form Ct 7:3 ; as seat of hunger Pr 13:25 ; as eating Ez 3:3 ( || מֵעִים ); cf. Pr 18:20 ( fig. ); as seat of passion, avarice, etc. Jb 20:20 , 23 ; in fig. of God’s casting riches out of extortioner’s belly Jb 20:15 ( || וַיְקִאֶנּוּ ), cf. also ψ 17:14 ; fig. of innermost part of a man = inmost soul Pr 18:8 = 26:2 2,
20:27
,
30
(all
חַדְרֵי ב׳
); as seat of intell. faculties (
=
Eng.
breast
or
bosom
)
22:18
(
cf.
מֵעִים
ψ 40:9
)
Jb 15:2
,
35
;
32:18
,
רוּחַ בִּטְנִי
v
1
9; as trembling at theophany
Hb 3:16
.
b.
belly of hippopotamus
Jb 40:16
.
c.
בֶּטֶן שְׁאֹול
Jon 2:3
(Jonah’s prayer:
||
מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַב יַמִּים
).
2.
body
,
opp.
soul
ψ 31:10
(
opp.
נֶפֶשׁ
), also
44:26
(
opp.
id.
;—on this
cf.
Zim
BP 71).
3.
womb
Gn 25:2
3,
24
;
38:27
(all
J
)
Ho 12:4 Jb 10:19
(
||
רֶחֶם
v
1
8)
Ec 11:5 Jb 31:15
עשֵֹׁנִו
עָשָׂ˜הוּ הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן
did not he that made me in the womb make him
(
||
וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד
);
cf.
ψ 139:13
בְּבֶטֶן תְּסֻכֵּנִי
, &
Je 1:5
; especially
פְּרִי ב׳
i.e. offspring
Gn 30:2
(
E
)
ψ 127:3
Is 13:1
8;
Pr 31:2
בַּר בִּטְנִי
=
my son
(
||
בְּרִי
)
cf.
בֶּן־בִּטְנָהּ
Is 49:1
5; of birth
יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן
Jb 1:2
1;
3:11 Ec 5:1
4;
בֶּטֶן
alone
=
birth
Ho 9:11
(
||
לֵרָה
,
הֵרָיֹון
),
cf.
fig.
מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּ˜רַח
Jb 38:29
out of whose womb came the ice?
cf.
לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִּטְנִי
Jb 3:10
i.e.
of my
(mother’s
womb;
גָּחָה מִבֶּטֶן
take, draw out of the womb
, subj.
י׳
(i.e. cause to be born)
ψ 22:10
;
בֶטֶן פְּרִי
used also of father
Mi 6:7
,
cf.
ψ 132:11
(David as ancestor of Messian. king);
Jb 19:17
בְּנֵי בִטְנִי
sons of my body
, of doubtful interpr., perhaps
=
sons of my
(
mother’s
)
womb
,
cf.
3:10
(
Ges D
e), i.e. my brothers or
men of my clan
RS
K 33 f., others
my sons
(
Ew
),
my grandsons
(
Di
);
Zim H.Zimmern, Babylonische Busspsalmen .