HebrewH1739Adjective

דָּוֶה

da.veh

5Occurrences
H1739Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sick (especially in menstruation)

from H1738 (דָּוָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. faint, unwell 1a) faint, weak 1b) unwell, menstruous

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

דָּוֶה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Lamentations
2
Leviticus
2
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Isaiah 30:22BSB

So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

Lamentations 1:13BSB

He sent fire from on high,and it overpowered my bones.He spread a net for my feetand turned me back.He made me desolate,faint all the day long.

Lamentations 5:17BSB

Because of this, our hearts are faint;because of these, our eyes grow dim—

Leviticus 15:33BSB

of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

Leviticus 20:18BSB

If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

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