נדה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ד־ד (n-d-d)

A verbal noun of the root נ־ד־ד‎.

Alternative forms

• נידה

Noun

נִדָּה • (nidá) f (plural indefinite נִדּוֹת, singular construct נִדַּת־, plural construct נִדּוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. (archaic) The state or condition of being separate or avoided.
   • Tanach, Leviticus 12:2, with Young's Literal Translation:

     כִּימֵי נִדַּת דְּו‍ֹתָהּ

     kīmē niddaṯ dəwōṯāh

     according to the days of separation for her sickness

   • Tanach, Leviticus 20:21, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִקַּח אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו נִדָּה הִוא

     wəʾīš ʾăšer yiqqaḥ ʾeṯ-ʾḗšeṯ ʾāḥīw niddā hī

     If a man takes his brother's wife when she must be avoided

2. (Jewish law) Someone whom halacha considers a menstruant.
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Niddah 1:7:
     • צְרִיכָה לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֶקֶת, חוּץ מִן הַנִּדָּה וְהַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל דַּם טֹהַר

       Ts'rikhah lih'yot bodeqet, ḥutz min ha-nidah v-hayoshevet 'al dam tohar.

       She is required to examine herself, except for a menstruant or one sitting over pure blood.

Derived terms

• מֵי נִדָּה (mé nidá)

Proper noun

נִדָּה • (nidá) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. Niddah (tractate of the Talmud)

Etymology 2

Root
נ־ד־ה (n-d-h)

Geminate stem from Proto-Semitic *nadaw- (“to call out”).

Verb

נִדָּה • (nidá) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of נידה

References

• H5077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible