נָהַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5098

growl — used 5 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

growl tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָהַם: vb. growl, groan tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. growl, groan (NH id.; Arabic نَهَمَ Aramaic ܢܗܰܡ נְהַם);— Pf. וְנָהַמְתָּ֫ Pr 5:11; וּנְהַמְתֶּם Ez 24:23; Impf. יִנְהֹם Is 5:29, 30; Pt. נֹהֵם Pr 28:15;— growl, of a lion (viz. while it is devouring its prey: opp. שׁאג, of roar with which it springs upon it RSProph. 243) Pr 28:15, of Assyrian (under fig. of lion) Is 5:29; sq. עַל (over), v 30. groan, of sufferer Pr 5:11; Ez 24:23.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will growl (2); you will groan (2); roaring (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 28:15 · tree →

אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃

Word for word: [is].a.lion roaring and a.bear rushing a.ruler wicked over a.people poor

JPS 1917: As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 5:11 · tree →

וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: and you.will.groan at end your when wastes.away flesh your and body your

JPS 1917: And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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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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