Lexical Definition

‎נְקֵבָה‎ nᵉqêbâh (nek-ay-baw') female ^H:N-F
from ‎נָקַב‎

female.

• female (from the sexual form)

1) female
1a) woman, female child
1b) female animal

See Greek: θῆλυς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְקֵבָה‎ noun feminine female (perforata (Ba^{NB 166}); so Thes and most; > another view in Schw^{ZAW xi (1891), 181f.; Idioticon 57}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic ‎נוּקְבָּא‎, ‎נוּקְבְּתָא‎, , ); — always absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 31:22 + 21 t. (all Pentateuch, and all P except Deut 4:16):

1. woman (or female child) Jer 31:22 (opposed to ‎גֶּבֶר‎), Gen 1:27; Gen 5:2; Lev 12:5; Lev 12:7; Lev 15:33; Lev 27:4; Lev 27:5; Lev 27:6; Lev 27:7) Num 5:3 (all opposed to ‎זָבָר‎), Num 31:15.

2. female animal Gen 6:19; Gen 7:3; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16; Lev 3:1; Lev 3:6 (all opposed to ‎זָכָר‎), Lev 4:28; Lev 4:32; Lev 5:6. — Deut 4:16 (opposed to ‎זָכָר‎) may include both women and animals.

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