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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פּוּעָה

פּוּעָה

H6326

Transliteration: Pûwʻâh

Pronunciation: poo-aw'

Definition: Puah


Original: פּוּעה

Transliteration: pû‛âh

Phonetic: poo-aw'

BDB Definition:

Puah = "splendid"
  1. one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

Origin: from an unused root meaning to glitter

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Feminine


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