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In Jewish ritual law, a '''''zavah''''' (Hebrew זבה, lit. "one who[se body] flows") is a woman who has had vaginal blood discharges not during the usually anticipated [[menstrual cycle]], and thus entered a state of [[tumah and taharah|ritual impurity]].The equivalent impurity that can be contracted by males, by experiencing an abnormal discharge from their genitals, is known as the impurity of a '''''[[zav]]'''''.
 
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== Hebrew Bible ==