נדה

A verbal noun of the root נ־ד־ד‎‎.[1]

• נידה‎

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.
   • Leviticus 12:2, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏כִּימֵי נִדַּת דְּו‍ֹתָהּ‎

     kīmē niddaṯ dəwōṯāh

     according to the days of separation for her sickness

   • 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 herselve, except for a menstruant or one sitting over pure blood.

נִדָּה • (nidá) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. Niddah (tractate of the Talmud)

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

• נידה‎

נִדָּה • (nidá) (pi'el construction)

1. to exclude
   • Isaiah 66:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏אֲחֵיכֶם שֹׂנְאֵיכֶם מְנַדֵּיכֶם‎‎

     ʾăḥēḵem śōnəʾēḵem mənaddēḵem

     Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out

   • Amos 6:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏הַמְנַדִּים לְיוֹם רָע‎

     hamənaddīm ləyōm rāʿ

     Ye that put far away the evil day