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חֲבֶרֶת

cha.ve.ret

consort

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Strong’s H2278Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

was companion1

In the text

Malachi 2:14חֲבֶרְתְּךָ
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חֲבֶ֫רֶת] n.f. consort, i.e. wife Mal 2:14

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.