H6326

פועה

פועה

pawaih

Proper feminine noun · From an unused root meaning to glitter

From an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy; Puah, an Israelitess:—Puah.

Outline

Puah = "splendid"

one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

Usages

Exodus 1:15

¶ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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