מִכְוָה
mikh.vah
burn
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew lemma מִכְוָה (H4348) translates to "burn". This indicates that its core meaning revolves around the process of combustion, either literally or figuratively. As it belongs to the Semantic Domain of Light & Darkness, it can be understood that burning is often associated with sources of light, such as fire. Given its range of occurrences in the Bible (5), this word likely plays a limited yet important role in conveying certain concepts or imagery.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
“Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
Leviticus 13:24“Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
Leviticus 13:25then the priest shall examine it; and behold, 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 burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:28If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn.
Leviticus 13:28If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn’t spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn.