דָּוֶהdâveh
faint, unwell
Pronunciation: daw-veh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1739
Meanings
1. faint (Lamentations 1:13; Lamentations 5:17)
2. unwell, menstruous (Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 20:18; Isaiah 30:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 15:33 or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”
- Leviticus 20:18 “If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her menstrual period, both of them must be cut off from the community, for together they have exposed the source of her blood flow.
- Isaiah 30:22 Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”
- Lamentations 1:13 “He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.
- Lamentations 5:17 Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).