מִכְוָה
michva · burn
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4348 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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michva (מִכְוָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “burn”.
A burn on the skin.
How to say it
mich·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A mark the fire leaves on the skin.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 13:24
Or when the body has in its skin a burn by fire, and the patch of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white,
- Leviticus 13:25
the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a leprous sore.
- Leviticus 13:28
But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin but it has faded, it is the swelling of the burn, and the priest shall declare him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.
And 2 more times.