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Lexicon :: Strong's H5091 - nāhâ

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נָהָה
Transliteration
nāhâ
Pronunciation
naw-haw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1311

Strong’s Definitions

נָהָה nâhâh, naw-haw'; a primitive root; to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation):—lament, wail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5091 in the following manner: lament (2x), wail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5091 in the following manner: lament (2x), wail (1x).

  1. to wail, lament

    1. (Qal) to wail, lament

    2. (Niphal) to go mourning after

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָהָה nâhâh, naw-haw'; a primitive root; to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation):—lament, wail.
STRONGS H5091: Abbreviations
† נָהָה verb wail, lament (probably onomatopoetic, compare StaGeschichte. i. 388; Arabic bdb062404 (in Lexicons); Ethiopic bdb062405: is recreari, respirare, etc. Di632); —
Qal Perfect וְנָהָה Micah 2:4 lament followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb; Imperative נְהֵה Ezekiel 32:18, followed byעַל concerning, for.
Niph. Imperfect וַיִּנָּהוּ 1 Samuel 7:2 followed byאַהֲרִי went mourning after (so most, compare Th Dr, who argue against Thes were gathered), < read ויפנ(ה), וַיִּפְנוּ turned after = submitted to (as Ezekiel 29:16) Greek Version of the LXX (perhaps), We Kit Bu HPS.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

7:2

Ezekiel

29:16; 32:18

Micah

2:4

H5091

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Strong's Number H5091 matches the Hebrew נָהָה (nāhâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
he changes the portion of my people;
how he removes it from me!
To an apostate he allots our fields.”
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