---
title: עִדָּה — menstruation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִדָּה (lemma:עִדָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: menstruation. BDB 1906: n.f. menstruation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506.md)‎ / עִדָּה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# עִדָּה

<!-- .meta -->
«עִדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **menstruation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עִדָּה · **BDB:** עִדָּה

### Glosses

of.menstruation(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

menstruation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. menstruation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. menstruation, so Vrss (proposes time, period);—pl. abs. בֶּגֶד עִדִּים Is 64:5 i.e. stained garment (fig. of best deeds of guilty people; ‖ טָמֵא).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Isaiah 64:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.5/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַנְּהִ֤י כַטָּמֵא֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וּכְבֶ֥גֶד עִדִּ֖ים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וַעֲוֺנֵ֖נוּ כָּר֥וּחַ יִשָּׂאֻֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.become like.(the) unclean \[person\] of.us all and.\[are\] like a.garment of.menstruation(s) all righteousness(es) our and we.have.withered like (the) leafage of.us all and iniquities our like the wind they carry.us.off

*JPS 1917:* And we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [עֵדָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5713.md)
- next →: [עָדָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4.md)
- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506.md)