Word Study · Strong's H4348 · Hebrew
מִכְוָה
mikvah
mik-vaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mikvâh
“a burn”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a burn
Rendered in the KJV as
that burneth, burning.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַמִּכְוָ֖ה2
- בַּמִּכְוָ֖ה1
- הַמִּכְוָ֗ה1
- מִכְוַת־1
How it is rendered · 3
- the burn3
- a burn of1
- in the burn1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 3
- HNcfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 13:24מִכְוַת־mikhvat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,here: a burn of
- Leviticus 13:24הַמִּכְוָ֗הhamikhvahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,here: the burn
- Leviticus 13:25בַּמִּכְוָ֖הbamikhvahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularthe priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.here: in the burn
- Leviticus 13:28הַמִּכְוָ֖הhamikhvahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.here: the burn
- Leviticus 13:28הַמִּכְוָ֖הhamikhvahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.here: the burn