H5347. neqebah
נְקֵבָה noun feminine female (perforata (BaNB 166); so Thes and most; > another view in SchwZAW xi (1891), 181f.; Idioticon 57; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נוּקְבְּתָא נוּקְבָּא,, , ); — always absolute ׳נ [Jer 31:22] [21]t. (all Pentateuch, and all P except [Deut 4:16]):
1 woman (or female child) [Jer 31:22] (opposed to גֶּבֶר), [Gen 1:27]; [5:2]; [Lev 12:5], [7]; [15:33]; [27:4-5], [6], [7]) [Num 5:3] (all opposed to זָבָר), [31:15].
2 female animal [Gen 6:19]; [7:3], [9], [16]; [Lev 3:1], [6] (all opposed to זָכָר), [4:28], [32]; [5:6]. — [Deut 4:16] (opposed to זָכָר) may include both women and animals.