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זוֹב zôwb — a seminal or menstrual flux

pronounced zobe · Strong's H2101 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as issue.

from H2100; a seminal or menstrual flux.

zôwb in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

זָבָ֔ה Lev 15:19 Participle (active), feminine singular

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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