Lexicon
עֹנָה
o.nah
H5772
H:N-F Hebrew

cohabitation

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o.nah denotes the marital provision that must not be reduced when a man takes another wife.

In Exodus 21:10, o.nah names one of the provisions a man must not diminish for his existing wife when he takes another wife.

Senses in use

  1. Marital provision not to be diminished · dominant

    In Exodus 21:10, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the list of things he must not diminish for her after taking another wife; the APB renders the list as "her flesh, her covering, or her cohabitation."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 21:10, the APB presents the term within a list of provisions as "cohabitation,".

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