נַהַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5099

growling — 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

growling tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נַ֫הַם: growling tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] growling of lion;—fig. of king’s wrath Pr 19:12, cf. 20:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Proverbs 20:2 · tree →

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].a.roaring like.(the) young lion [the].terror of.a.king [one who].infuriates.him [is].missing life his

JPS 1917: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

Proverbs 19:12 · tree →

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].a.roaring like.(the) young lion [the].rage of.a.king and.[is] like dew on grass favor his

JPS 1917: The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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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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