Word Study · Strong's H1739 · Hebrew
דָּוֶה
daveh
daw-veh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dâveh
“sick (especially in menstruation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
sick (especially in menstruation)
Rendered in the KJV as
faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- דָוֶה֙1
- דָוָ֔ה1
- דָּוָ֗ה1
- דָּוָֽה׃ ס1
- וְהַדָּוָה֙1
How it is rendered · 4
- faint2
- a menstrual [rag]1
- and the menstruating [woman]1
- menstruating1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · feminine singular3
- adjective · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAafsa · 3
- HAamsa · 1
- HC/Td/Aafsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 15:33וְהַדָּוָה֙vehadavahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singularof 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.’”here: and the menstruating [woman]
- Leviticus 20:18דָּוָ֗הdavahadjective · feminine singularIf 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.here: menstruating
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:13דָּוָֽה׃ סdavahadjective · feminine singularHe sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.here: faint
- Lamentations 5:17דָוֶה֙davehadjective · masculine singularBecause of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—here: faint