הָרָה
ha.rah (H2029)
to conceive
AI Word Study
The Hebrew term "ha.rah" (Strong's number H2029) is primarily associated with the concept of conception. This verb is used to describe the biological process of a woman becoming pregnant. Its meaning is most directly related to the physical act of fertilization, as indicated by its "Semantic domain: Kinship & Family," suggesting a connection between conception and the development of a family. Throughout the Bible, "ha.rah" appears 43 times, indicating its importance in the narrative of ancient Israel. The word is not limited to a specific context or genre but is used in various situations, such as descriptions of natural events (e.g., Genesis 4:17, 25:21) and narratives about the lives of biblical characters (e.g., Genesis 16:11, 17:19, 20:18). The frequency and versatility of "ha.rah" suggest its role as a fundamental aspect of everyday life, influencing the trajectory of individuals and families in the ancient world.
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The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”
Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.
Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon.
She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’
Yahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’