Explore Niddah through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Niddah in a sentence
Niddah meaning
- Someone whom Halacha considers menstruant.
- The menstrual period.
Using Niddah
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone whom Halacha considers menstruant. | The menstrual period.
- In the example corpus, niddah often appears in combinations such as: tractate niddah.
Context around Niddah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Niddah
- In this selection, "niddah" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tractate, 46a and laws stand out and add context to how "niddah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include approach to niddah as an and be on niddah and other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "niddah" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with niddah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Jerusalem Talmud is incomplete here, but the Babylonian Talmud on Tractate Niddah (2a–76b) is complete. (17 words)
The niddah laws are regarded as an intrinsic part of marital life (rather than just associated with women). (18 words)
It is already clearly stated in the Talmud tractate Niddah, that a woman only becomes pregnant in specific periods in the month which seemingly refers to ovulation. (27 words)
Niddah 46A The term "bar mitzvah", in the sense it is now used, cannot be clearly traced earlier than the 14th century, the older rabbinical term being "gadol" (adult) or "bar 'onshin" (legally responsible for own misdoings). (37 words)
The handful of queer couples that Nechama Barash, an Orthodox teacher who instructs brides-to-be on niddah and other topics related to married life, has counseled have chosen to observe a shorter period of niddah. (36 words)
The permissive responsum on homosexuality used the Conservative movement's approach to Niddah as an analogy for construing the Biblical prohibition against male homosexual conduct narrowly and lifting restrictions it deemed Rabbinic in nature. (34 words)
Example sentences (6)
The handful of queer couples that Nechama Barash, an Orthodox teacher who instructs brides-to-be on niddah and other topics related to married life, has counseled have chosen to observe a shorter period of niddah.
It is already clearly stated in the Talmud tractate Niddah, that a woman only becomes pregnant in specific periods in the month which seemingly refers to ovulation.
Niddah 46A The term "bar mitzvah", in the sense it is now used, cannot be clearly traced earlier than the 14th century, the older rabbinical term being "gadol" (adult) or "bar 'onshin" (legally responsible for own misdoings).
The Jerusalem Talmud is incomplete here, but the Babylonian Talmud on Tractate Niddah (2a–76b) is complete.
The niddah laws are regarded as an intrinsic part of marital life (rather than just associated with women).
The permissive responsum on homosexuality used the Conservative movement's approach to Niddah as an analogy for construing the Biblical prohibition against male homosexual conduct narrowly and lifting restrictions it deemed Rabbinic in nature.
Common combinations with niddah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: