Strong's Lexicon

H5116

H5116 — נָוֶה נָוָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewnavehadjectiveOccurrences: 36TWOT: 1322abe

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5116
Word:נָוֶה נָוָה
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H5115
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:36
Transliteration:naveh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-veh' (or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}) adj.
Meaning:1. (adjectively) at home 2. (by implication of satisfaction) lovely 3. (as noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
KJV Renderings:comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.

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BDB5044

I. נָוֶה noun masculine Isa 27:10 abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute Isa 27:10 +; construct נְוֵה Exod 15:13 +; נְוַת Job 8:6 (as if from נָוָה; or read נְוֵה ?); suffix נָָֽוְךָ Job 5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ 2Sam 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶם Jer 49:20; Ezek 34:14 (compare Sta§ 351 c.), נְוֵהֶן Jer 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן van d. H., plural according to ii, 1, p. 77); —

1.
a. adode, of sheep 2Sam 7:8 (|| מֵאַחַר הַצּאֹן) = 1Chr 17:1; Isa 65:10 (|| רָבַץ ); of people under figure of sheep Jer 23:3; Jer 49:20 = Jer 50:45; Jer 50:19; Ezek 34:14 (twice in verse) (|| רָבַץ, מִרְעֶה); of camels Ezek 25:5 (|| מִרְבַּץ צאֹן ).
b. adode of shepherds Jer 33:12 (+ מַרְבִּיצִים צאֹן).
c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (שָׁתוּל) as tree Hos 9:13.
2. habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; Job 8:6 ( נְוַת צִדְקֶ֑ךָ, see above), Prov 21:20 || אֹהֶל Job 5:24; Job 18:15 || בַּיִת Prov 3:33 || רֵבֶץ Prov 24:15 of ׳ י in Canaan 2Sam 15:25 of Can. as place of ׳ י's sanctuary, קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ ׳ נ Exod 15:13 figurative of ׳ י himself, צֶדֶק ׳ נ Jer 50:7 habit. of nation Jer 10:25; Jer 25:30; Isa 32:18 (שָׁלוֺם ׳ נ), Ps 79:7 = city Isa 27:10, especially Jerusalem Isa 33:20 (שַׁאֲנָן ׳ נ, || אֹהֶל); אֵיתָן ׳ נ Jer 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = Jer 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, צֶדֶק ׳ נ Jer 31:23 (|| הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ). Twice of habitation of jackals Isa 34:13; Isa 35:7 (both || חָצִיר ).


BDB5046

II. [נָוֶה] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) נְוַת בַּיִת Ps 68:13 she that is adiding at home. — נָוָה Jer 6:2 see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].


BDB5047

II. [נָוָה] noun feminine pasture, meadow; — plural construct נְוֺת Zeph 2:6, usually נְאוֺת Ps 23:2 + 11 t.; —

1. pasture, meadow: הָרֹעִים ׳ נ Amos 1:2, compare Zeph 2:6 (|| גִּדְרוֺת צאֹן; see also [כָּרה] p. 500 above); especially נְאוֺת (הַ)מִּדְבָּר Jer 9:9; Jer 23:10; Ps 65:13; Joel 1:19; Joel 1:20; Joel 2:22 דֶּשֶׁא ׳ נ Ps 23:2 grassy pastures; אֱלֹהִים ׳ נ Ps 83:13 pastures of God, i.e. the land of Canaan, יַעֲקֹב ׳ נ Lam 2:2 הַשָּׁלוֺם ׳ נ Jer 25:37 meadows of pace; חָמָס ׳ נ Ps 74:20 apparently habitations (?) of violence, but read probably ׳ גַּאֲוָה וְח, so Bi Che (see Ps 73:6). — Jer 6:2 see following; Job 8:6 see I. נָוֶה .


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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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