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
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
Objects
filthy things = objects stained by menstruation = an unspecified object ► brought in contact to a woman undergoing menstruation; ≈ regarded as unclean
Clothing
menstruous cloth = piece of cloth ► worn or touched by a woman undergoing menstruation; ≈ regarded as unclean
Weak
faint, weak = state in which someone feels physically weak; ◄ as if one were menstruating
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
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]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דָּוֶה adj. faint, unwell base
