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Lexicon :: Strong's H5091 - nāhâ

Aa
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 Box1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - And from that day the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim for a very long time, for it was twenty years [until the reign of King David]; and all the house of Israel lamented (wailed) and grieved after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 -

“On that day they shall take up a [taunting, deriding] parable against you

And wail with a doleful and bitter song of mourning and say,

‘We are completely destroyed!

God exchanges the inheritance of my people;

How He removes it from me!

He divides our fields to the rebellious [our captors].’

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