הָרָה

Genesis 16:11 הָרָ֖ה [are] pregnant

The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

Here: An adjective, 'pregnant', and not a future verb. Hagar is already pregnant (v. 4), and that pregnancy is the very thing that set off the conflict with Sarai. The messenger starts from her real situation.

Genesis 38:24 הָרָ֖ה [she is] pregnant

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

Here: An adjective used as a statement: "she is pregnant." Tamar repeats the same word in v. 25, adding "by the man these belong to."

Genesis 38:25 הָרָ֑ה [am] pregnant

As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

Exodus 21:22 הָרָה֙ pregnant

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Here: An adjective, 'pregnant'. Her pregnancy is what makes this case different from the general assault law in vv. 18–19.

Judges 13:5 הָרָ֜ה [will be] pregnant

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

Here: An adjective, not a verb: literally 'look, you, pregnant'. With 'behold' it describes a state as already in view, usually meaning 'you are about to be pregnant'. Verse 3 has already said 'you will conceive', so most read it as imminent.

Judges 13:7 הָרָ֖ה [will be] pregnant

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

1 Samuel 4:19 הָרָ֣ה [was] pregnant

Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

2 Samuel 11:5 הָרָ֥ה [am] pregnant

And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

Here: “Pregnant.” The adjective comes from the same root as the verse’s first verb, so the verse opens and closes on the same sound: wattahar … harah. The word comes first in her sentence and carries the stress.

2 Kings 8:12 וְהָרֹתֵיהֶ֖ם and pregnant [women] their

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Here: Women carrying children. Attacking them destroys two lives and the community's future at once.

2 Kings 15:16 הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָ <the> pregnant [women] its

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

Isaiah 7:14 הָרָה֙ [will be] pregnant

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Here: An adjective, "pregnant", not a verb meaning "will conceive". Hebrew leaves the time to context, so it can mean "is pregnant" or "is about to be pregnant". The same formula is used for women already pregnant (Gen 16:11) and for one not yet pregnant (Judg 13:5).

Isaiah 26:17 הָרָה֙ a pregnant [woman]

As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

Jeremiah 20:17 הֲרַ֥ת [was] pregnant of

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Here: 'Pregnant with', in a form that links it to the next word. The picture is a pregnancy that never ends: the child is never delivered and the mother is never relieved.

Jeremiah 31:8 הָרָ֥ה [the] pregnant

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Here: "Pregnant woman." Travel was dangerous for her, and she carries the next generation.

Hosea 13:16 וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יו and pregnant [women] its

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Here: 'And his pregnant women.' The suffix is masculine singular ('his'), unlike the feminine Samaria and the plural 'their' before it. It most likely refers back to Ephraim, the 'he' of v. 15. Translations smooth this into 'their'.

Amos 1:13 הָר֣וֹת [the] pregnant [women] of

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Here: "The pregnant women of". The victims are mothers and the unborn, the people who carry a community's future.