Strong's Lexicon

H5299

H5299 — נָפָה

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

Hebrewnaphahnoun femOccurrences: 4TWOT: 1330a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5299
Word:	נָפָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H5130 in the sense of lifting
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	naphah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	naw-faw'
Meaning:	1. a height 2. also a sieve
KJV Renderings:	border, coast, region, sieve.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1893

II. דּאֹר, דּוֺר proper name [of a location] (Phoenician דאר; cuneiform Du'ru KG¹²¹ COT on Josh 17:11) city in Manasseh, on Mediterranean, south of Carmel (9 Roman miles north of Caesarea, compare Lag^{Onom. 115, 2nd ed.149}), דּוֺר Josh 12:23 דּוֺר וּבְנוֺתֶיהָ Judg 1:27; 1Chr 7:29 = ׳ דּאֹר וּב Josh 17:11 נָפַת דּוֺר Josh 12:23 = נָפַת דּאֹר 1Kgs 4:11 נָפוֺת דּוֺר Josh 11:2 (compare נפה); modern ˆan‰ura ( ˆor‰ura ) Wilson^{Lands of Bible ii. 249} van de Velde^{Narrat. i. 333} Bd^{Pal 238} compare Di Josh 11:2. On עֵיןדֹּֿר(דּוֺרׅ see below עַיִן.

BDB5080

I. [נָפָה] noun feminine sieve or other winnowing implement, Di Du Schwinge, Che^Hpt fan (as swung); — only construct לַהֲנָפָה גוֺיִם בְּנָ֫פַת שָׁוְא Isa 30:28 to swing nations in a sieve of worthlessness.

BDB5084

II. [נָפָה] noun feminine height; — only construct in combination נָפַת דּוֺר Josh 12:23 = דּאֹר ׳ נ 1Kgs 4:11, plural construct ׳ נָפוֺת ד Josh 11:2 compare II. דּוֺד, and Di^{Josh 11:2}; see also [נֶפֶת].

Other Resources

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

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