What does נְקֵבָה (nĕqēbāh) mean in the Bible?
נְקֵבָה (nĕqēbāh): Designates biological females; primarily used for animals and humans in reproductive/physical distinction contexts
Hebrew · H5347
נְקֵבָה
Female (from the sexual form)
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נְקֵבָה H5347
Pronunciation nĕqēbāh
What does נְקֵבָה (nĕqēbāh) mean in the Bible?
נְקֵבָה (nĕqēbāh): Designates biological females; primarily used for animals and humans in reproductive/physical distinction contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5347?
The BSB source-word alignment has 22 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and female (6), female (5), and for the female (2), a daughter (1), a female (1).
Where does נְקֵבָה (nĕqēbāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (12), Genesis (6), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and female 6× Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:3
female 5× Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:6, Leviticus 4:28, Leviticus 4:32
and for the female 2× Leviticus 27:5, Leviticus 27:6
a daughter 1× Leviticus 12:5
a female 1× Leviticus 5:6
a woman 1× Jeremiah 31:22
female alike 1× Numbers 5:3
for the female 1× Leviticus 27:7
is a female 1× Leviticus 27:4
or female 1× Leviticus 15:33
the women 1× Numbers 31:15
to a female 1× Leviticus 12:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:27 וּנְקֵבָ֖ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 5:2 וּנְקֵבָ֖ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 6:19 וּנְקֵבָ֖ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 7:3 וּנְקֵבָ֑ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 7:9 וּנְקֵבָ֑ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 7:16 וּנְקֵבָ֤ה to and female Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 3:1 נְקֵבָ֔ה to female Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 3:6 נְקֵבָ֔ה to female Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 4:28 נְקֵבָ֔ה to female Noun - feminine singular Leviticus 4:32 נְקֵבָ֥ה to female Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:27
Aligned rows 22
Books represented 5
Genesis 6 Leviticus 12 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 1 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
וּנְקֵבָ֖ה 3x ū·nə·qê·ḇāh Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19
נְקֵבָ֔ה 3x nə·qê·ḇāh Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:6, Leviticus 4:28
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה 2x wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh Leviticus 27:5, Leviticus 27:7
וּנְקֵבָ֑ה 2x ū·nə·qê·ḇāh Genesis 7:3, Genesis 7:9
נְקֵבָ֖ה 2x nə·qê·ḇāh Leviticus 27:4, Jeremiah 31:22
נְקֵבָֽה׃ 2x nə·qê·ḇāh Numbers 31:15, Deuteronomy 4:16
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֑ה 1x wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh Leviticus 15:33
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֣ה 1x wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh Leviticus 27:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 11x Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:6, Leviticus 4:28, Leviticus 4:32
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 6x Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:3
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 4x Leviticus 15:33, Leviticus 27:5, Leviticus 27:6, Leviticus 27:7
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Leviticus 12:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Designates biological females; primarily used for animals and humans in reproductive/physical distinction contexts
Source Gloss
female (from the sexual form)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Designates biological females; primarily used for animals and humans in reproductive/physical distinction contexts
female (from the sexual form) BDB: female Usage: female.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נְקֵבָה is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain