{"def":{"lit":"splendid","short":"Puah, an Israelitess","long":["one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses"]},"deriv":"from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy","pronun":{"ipa":"puːˈʕɔː","ipa_mod":"puˈʕɑː","sbl":"pûʿâ","dic":"poo-AW","dic_mod":"poo-AH"}}