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Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Elisha and the Shunammite woman, 1649. The woman of Shunem (or Shunammite woman) is a character in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 4:8 describes her as a "great woman" in the town of Shunem. Her name is not recorded in the biblical text.
A Shulamite (or Shulammite; Biblical Hebrew: שׁוּלַמִּית, romanized: Šūlammîṯ, Koinē Greek: Σουλαμῖτις, romanized: Soulamîtis, Medieval Latin: Sūlamītis) is a person from Shulem. The Hebrew Bible identifies as a Shulamite the dark-skinned female figure in the Song of Songs (Song 6:13).
Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar. It was located near the Jezreel Valley, north of Mount Gilboa (Joshua 19:18).
Abishag the Shunamite tends to aging David, c. 1435. David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879. Shunamitism (also referred to as gerocomy [1]) is the practice of an old man sleeping with, but not necessarily having sex with, a young virgin to preserve his youth.
Bible translations into Hebrew primarily refers to translations of the New Testament of the Christian Bible into the Hebrew language, from the original Koine Greek or an intermediate translation. There is less need to translate the Jewish Tanakh (or Christian Old Testament ) from the Original Biblical Hebrew , because it is closely intelligible ...
Timeless classics, modern favorites, and totally unique monikers that no one else in your kid’s class will share—you can find it all in the Hebrew Bible. Take a trip back in time to the Old ...
In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1] Among Abishag's duties was to lie next to David and pass along her body heat and vigor because "they put covers on him, but he could not get warm". [2]
The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh (Hebrew: תנ"ך ), consists of 24 books. [a] "Hebrew" in "Hebrew Bible" may refer to either the Hebrew language or to the Hebrew people who historically used Hebrew as a spoken language, and have continuously used the language in prayer and study, or both.