נָבַב

Biblical Hebrew

hollow out — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hollow out tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָבַב: vb. hollow out tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. hollow out (cf. Assyrian imbubu, flute, DlHWB 443, NH אַבּוּב id., Aramaic ܐܰܒܽܘܒܳܐ אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic أَنْبُوبٌ knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; vid. HoffmLCB 1882, 321 Frä 23 Fl in LevyTW i. 417);— Pt. pass. נָבוּב Jb 11:12 Je 52:21; נְבוּב Ex 27:8; 38:7;—hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabern. נְבוּב לֻחוֹת Ex 27:8; 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Je 52:21; fig. אִישׁ נָבוּב Jb 11:12; i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hollow (2).

In the verses

Job 11:12 · tree →

וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

Word for word: and a.person hollow he.will.get.understanding and a.male.donkey of.a.wild.donkey a.human.being it.will.be.born

JPS 1917: But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

Jeremiah 52:21 · tree →

וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה אַמָּה֙ קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָבְי֛וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב׃

Word for word: and the pillars [was].eight- teen cubit[s] the.height of the.pillar (the) one and a.line of.two.plus ten cubit[s] it goes.round.it and thickness its [was].four fingers hollow

JPS 1917: And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; it was hollow.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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