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נְקֵבָה noun feminine female (perforata (BaNB 166 ); so Thes and most; > another view in SchwZAW xi (1891), 181f.; Idioticon 57; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נוּקְבָּא, נוּקְבְּתָא, [untranscribed source text 3422], [untranscribed source text 3423]); — always absolute ׳ נ Jer 31:22 + 21 t. (all Pentateuch, and all P except Deut 4:16):
1.
woman (or female child) Jer 31:22 (opposed to גֶּבֶר), Gen 1:27; Gen 5:2; Lev 12:5; Lev 12:7; Lev 15:33; Lev 27:4; Lev 27:5; Lev 27:6; Lev 27:7) Num 5:3 (all opposed to
זָבָר), Num 31:15.
2.
female animal
Gen 6:19; Gen 7:3; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16; Lev 3:1; Lev 3:6 (all opposed
to זָכָר), Lev 4:28; Lev 4:32; Lev 5:6. — Deut 4:16 (opposed to זָכָר) may include both women and
animals.