דָּוֶה
da.veh
“sick”
Definition
sick (especially in menstruation)
from H1738 (דָּוָה);
- faint, unwell 1a) faint, weak 1b) unwell, menstruous
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
דָּוֶה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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!”
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.
Because of this, our hearts are faint;because of these, our eyes grow dim—
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.’”
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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