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H1739 דָּוֶה (dâveh) daw-veh'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1738; sick (especially in menstruation)

KJV Usage: faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דָּוֶה (da.veh) — sick. 1) faint, unwell 1a) faint, weak 1b) unwell, menstruous

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · דוה

People

menstruous woman = female person discharging blood and other material from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month; ≈ regarded as ritually unclean

LEV 15:33 · LEV 20:18 · ISA 30:22

Body Products

menstrual discharge = blood and other material from the lining of the uterus discharged from the body in the menstrual period; ≈ regarded as unclean

ISA 30:22

Objects

filthy things = objects stained by menstruation = an unspecified object ► brought in contact to a woman undergoing menstruation; ≈ regarded as unclean

ISA 30:22

Clothing

menstruous cloth = piece of cloth ► worn or touched by a woman undergoing menstruation; ≈ regarded as unclean

ISA 30:22

Weak

faint, weak = state in which someone feels physically weak; ◄ as if one were menstruating

LAM 1:13

Non-Think | ≈ חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ

Collocation: דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ

stunned, confused literally, "confused heart": = state in which someone is unable to think properly ◄ as a result of hardship

LAM 5:17

1 ISA 30:22 There is diverge between modern versions about the exact meaning of the word here | NJPS "menstrual woman" = [a] | REB "foul discharge" GNT "filth" = [b] | RSV "unclean things" NJB "polluted things" = [c] | NIV "menstrual cloth" NRSV CEV "filthy rags" = [d]

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דָּוֶה adj. faint, unwell base

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