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title: נִדָּה — impurity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִדָּה (5206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: impurity. BDB 1906: n.f. impurity. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִדָּה

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«נִדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **impurity** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5206 · **BDB:** נִדָּה

### Glosses

impurity (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

impurity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. impurity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5206/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. impurity (as abhorrent, shunned);—abs. נ׳ Ez 18:6 +; cstr. נִדַּת Lv 12:2 +; sf. נִדָּתָהּ v 5 +;—impurity (especially P and Ezek.): of ceremonial impurity, as union with brother’s wife, Lv 20:21; especially of menstruation Ez 18:6 (read אִשָּׁה בְּנִדָּתָהּ for MT א׳ נִדָּה 𝔖 Co), טְמֵאַת הַנּ׳ 22:10, cf. 36:17, נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ Lv 12:2, cf. v 5; 15:19, 20, 24, 25 (עֶת־נִדּ׳), v 25(×2), v 26 (מִשְׁכַּב נִדּ׳), v 26 (טֻמְאַת נִדּ׳), v 33; 18:19; of defilement contracted by contact with a corpse, מֵי (הַ)נִּדָּה water of impurity (i.e. to remove it, cf. Di) Nu 19:9, 13, 20, 21(×2); 31:23. fig. (with allusion to cerem. usage), impure thing, Ez 7:19, 20 (of gold), La 1:17 (of Jerus.); of idolatry, immorality, etc., 2 Ch 29:5 Ezr 9:11 (אֶרֶץ נִדָּה), v 11, Zc 13:1 (לְחַטַּאת וּלְנִדָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.1.8/)

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חֵ֤טְא חָֽטְאָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן לְנִידָ֣ה הָיָ֑תָה כָּֽל־מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ הִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙ כִּי־רָא֣וּ עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ גַּם־הִ֥יא נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה וַתָּ֥שָׁב אָחֽוֹר׃ס

*Word for word:* sin it.has.sinned Jerusalem therefore (into) impurity it.has.become all \[those who\].honored.it they despise.it (dm) they.have.seen nakedness its also it it.has.groaned and it.has.turned.away backward

*JPS 1917:* Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore she is become as one unclean; all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; she herself also sigheth, and turneth backward.

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