Lexicon
דֹּדָה
do.dah
H1733
H:N-F Hebrew

aunt

3
Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

do.dah denotes a woman identified as an aunt in a marriage notice and in prohibitions concerning sexual relations.

The attested use identifies a woman as an aunt: Exodus 6:20 places her in a marriage notice, while Leviticus 18:14 and Leviticus 20:20 identify her within prohibitions concerning sexual relations.

Senses in use

  1. A woman identified as an aunt · dominant

    All three occurrences use a feminine singular construct noun. In Exodus 6:20 the APB renders the marriage clause, “Amram took Jochebed his aunt as a wife for himself”; in Leviticus 18:14 and Leviticus 20:20, the woman is identified in prohibitions concerning approaching or lying with her.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the woman as “his aunt” in Exodus 6:20 and Leviticus 20:20, and as “your aunt” in Leviticus 18:14. These are translation renderings of whole clauses.

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