Lexicon / H6326
פּוּעָה
pu.ah
  • Puah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Puah

A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15

§ Puah = "splendid"

one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Puah

פּוּעָה n.pr.f Ex 1:15 . a midwife