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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 - So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there 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 cast them down to the depths of the earth,
Her and the daughters of the famous nations,
With those who go down to the Pit:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”
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