discharge
zov denotes a bodily discharge treated as a condition of uncleanness and followed by cleansing procedures.
The attested noun use names a bodily discharge in regulations concerning uncleanness, cleansing, and priestly atonement; the supplied forms also include a feminine active participle describing a woman as having such a discharge of blood.
Senses in use
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Bodily discharge under purity regulations · dominant
The construct noun occurs in clauses that identify a man's discharge from his flesh and call it unclean in Leviticus 15:2. In Leviticus 15:3 the APB renders the surrounding clause "whether his flesh runs with his discharge or his flesh is sealed from his discharge," while Leviticus 15:13 and Leviticus 15:28 place cleansing from the discharge before a seven-day count.
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A woman experiencing a discharge of blood · rare
In Leviticus 15:19 the feminine singular Qal active participle occurs in the clause concerning a woman and a discharge of blood from her flesh; the APB renders the verse, "when a woman has a discharge of blood from her flesh." The verse places her in impurity for seven days and declares a person touching her unclean until evening.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the noun occurrences, the APB commonly uses "discharge" in clauses about uncleanness, cleansing, and atonement. In Leviticus 15:19 it renders the participial clause as "has a discharge of blood"; These phrases indicate the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.