Gebirah

In the Hebrew Bible, under some Davidic kings, the gebirah, the "Great Lady", usually the Mother of the King, held great power as advocate with the king. In 1 Kings 2:20, Solomon said to his Mother Bathsheba, seated on a throne at his right, "Make your request, Mother, for I will not refuse you." William G. Most sees here a sort of type of Mary.[1] The position of the queen mother (gebirah) was a privilege of the highest honour and authority for a woman in the Kingdom of Judah.

References

  1. ↑ Most, William G. "Mary's Queenship", Our Lady in Doctrine and Devotion, 1994
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