Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6326 - פוּעָה Puah (an Israelite midwife)

Original Word:	פוּעָה
Transliteration:	Puah
Definition:	an Israelite midwife
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(poo-aw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Puah

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

Englishman's Concordance

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
Part of Speech: noun proper feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to glitter

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מּוּעָהproper name, femininea midwifeExodus 1:15, Φουα.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6326. פּוּעָה (Puah) — 1 Occurrence
Exodus 1:15
HEB:וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה׃
NAS: and the other was named Puah;
KJV: and the name of the other Puah:
INT: was named and the other Puah

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