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Lexicon :: Strong's H5128 - nûaʿ

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נוּעַ
Transliteration
nûaʿ
Pronunciation
noo'-ah
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1328

Strong’s Definitions

נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable

      2. to totter, go tottering

        1. vagabond (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be tossed about or around

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to toss about

      2. to shake, cause to totter

      3. to shake, disturb

      4. to cause to wander

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
STRONGS H5128: Abbreviations
נוּעַ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilp. נִעְנַע shake, Aramaic נוּעַ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic bdb063101, bdb063102 bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, bdb063103 kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic bdb063104 hunt); —
Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ Job 28:4 +; וְנָע֫וּ Amos 4:8 + 2 times; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע Isaiah 7:2; 3rd person feminine singular תָּנוּעַ Isaiah 24:20; אֲנוּעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph. q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ Psalm 109:10; יְנוּע֑וּן Psalm 59:16 Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph.), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isaiah 24:20; Psalm 109:10; construct נוּעַ Judges 9:9 + 3 times; נוֺעַ Isaiah 7:2; Participle נָע Genesis 4:12, 14; נָעִים Proverbs 22:19; נָעוֺת 1 Samuel 1:13: —
1. wave, of trees, followed by עַל Judges 9:9, 11, 13 followed by מִפְּנֵי of cause Isaiah 7:2; quiver, vibrate, of lips 1 Samuel 1:13; swing (to and fro) of miners Job 28:4 (|| דלל); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm Psalm 107:27 (|| חגג), compare Isaiah 29:9 (|| שׁכר); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot Proverbs 5:6; tremble, of doorposts, Isaiah 6:4 (followed by מִן causative), idols Isaiah 19:1 (followed by מִפְּנֵי), earth Isaiah 24:20 (|| התנודד), people Exodus 20:18 (E); figurative of heart Isaiah 7:2.
2. totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) Lamentations 4:14 Lamentations 4:15 (|| נוּץ), Amos 8:12 (|| שׁוטט); as beggars Psalm 109:10 (|| שִׁאֵל), compare Psalm 59:16; Amos 4:8 followed by אֶלֿ; participle vagabond Genesis 4:12, 14 (both || נָד); figurative = err, sin, Jeremiah 14:10.
Niph. Imperfect יִנּוֺעַ Amos 9:9 be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; יִנּוֺעוּ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees Nahum 3:12 (|| נפל).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הֵנִ֫יעָה 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י Amos 9:9; Imperfect יָנִיעַ Zephaniah 2:15; jussive יָ֫נַע 2 Kings 23:18; אֲנִיעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Qr (compare Qal); יְנִיעוּן Psalm 109:25 + Psalm 59:16 Qr (read Kt
Qal q. v.), etc.; Imperative suffix הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ Psalm 59:12; —
1. toss about Amos 9:9 subject י׳, object Israel followed by בַּגּוֺיִם (compare Niph.).
2. shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering Daniel 10:10 on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 (|| בוז, לעג) compare Psalm 22:8; Psalm 109:25; followed by עַלֿ Job 16:4 (בְּמוֺ ר׳ [Ges§ 119q]), also Lamentations 2:15 (|| שׁרק), Zephaniah 2:15 יָדוֺ (|| id.), [see also Ecclus 12:18; Ecclus 13:7 (בְּר׳)].
3. (shake), disturb, bones of dead 2 Kings 23:18.
4. cause to wander Numbers 32:13 (J); 2 Samuel 15:20 (followed by ללכת); Psalm 59:12 (|| הוריד, for which LagProph. Chald. xlviii. proposes הניד).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:12; 4:12; 4:14; 4:14

Exodus

20:18

Numbers

32:13

Judges

9:9; 9:9; 9:11; 9:13

1 Samuel

1:13; 1:13

2 Samuel

15:20; 15:20; 15:20

2 Kings

19:21; 19:21; 23:18; 23:18

Job

16:4; 28:4; 28:4

Psalms

22:8; 59:12; 59:12; 59:16; 59:16; 59:16; 107:27; 109:10; 109:10; 109:10; 109:25; 109:25

Proverbs

5:6; 22:19

Isaiah

6:4; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 19:1; 24:20; 24:20; 24:20; 29:9; 37:22; 37:22

Jeremiah

14:10

Lamentations

2:15; 4:14; 4:15

Daniel

10:10

Amos

4:8; 4:8; 8:12; 9:9; 9:9; 9:9

Nahum

3:12

Zephaniah

2:15; 2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5128 matches the Hebrew נוּעַ (nûaʿ),
which occurs 42 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant H5128 and a wanderer on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant H5128 and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

And all the people perceived the [fn]thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and the people perceived it, and they shook H5128 and stood at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander H5128 in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh was brought to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness, with [fn]which God and men are honored, and go to wave H5128 over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - “But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good produce and go to wave H5128 over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which makes God and men glad, and go to wave H5128 over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving H5128, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - “You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander H5128 with us, going about, while I go where I go? Return and cause your brothers to return; lovingkindness and [fn]truth be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:

‘She has despised you and mocked you,

The virgin daughter of Zion;

She has shaken H5128 her head behind you,

The daughter of Jerusalem!

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, “Let him alone; let no one move H5128 his bones.” So they [fn]left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 -

“I too could speak like you,

If your soul were in the place of my soul.

I could compose words against you

And shake H5128 my head at you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 -

“He [fn]sinks a shaft far from [fn]habitation,

Forgotten by the foot;

They hang and swing H5128 to and fro H5128 far from men.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 -

All who see me mock me;

They [fn]smack their lip, they wag H5128 their head, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 -

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;

Make H5128 them wander H5128 about H5128 by Your power, and bring them down,

O Lord, our shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 -

They wander H5128 about H5128 [fn]for food

And [fn]growl if they are not satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -

They staggered and swayed H5128 like a drunken man,

And all their wisdom was swallowed up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 -

Let his sons wander H5128 aimlessly H5128 and beg;

And let them search for food [fn]from their ruined homes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 -

As for me, I have become a reproach to them;

They see me, they wag H5128 their head.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 -

Lest she watch the path of life;

Her tracks are H5128 unstable H5128, she does not know it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 -

And the [fn]foundations of the thresholds shook H5128 at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filling with smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - When it was told to the house of David, saying, “[fn]The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook H5128 as the trees of the forest shake H5128 before the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 -

The [fn]oracle concerning Egypt.

Behold, Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols of Egypt will shake H5128 at His presence,

And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth reels H5128 to and fro H5128 like a drunkard

And it totters like a [fn]shack,

For its transgression is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, never to rise again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 -

Astonish yourselves and be astonished,

Blind yourselves and be blind;

They become drunk, but not with wine;

They stagger H5128, but not with strong drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:

“She has despised you and mocked you,

The virgin daughter of Zion;

She has shaken H5128 her head behind you,

The daughter of Jerusalem!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 -

Thus says Yahweh to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander H5128; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 -

Samekh

All who pass along the way

Clap their hands in derision at you;

They hiss and shake H5128 their heads

At the daughter of Jerusalem,

“Is this the city of which they said,

‘The perfection of beauty,

The joy of the whole earth’?”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 -

Nun

They wandered H5128, blind, in the streets;

They were defiled with blood

So that no one could touch their garments.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 -

Samekh

“Depart! Unclean!” [fn]they cried of themselves.

“Depart, depart, do not touch!”

So they fled and wandered H5128;

Men among the nations said,

“They shall not continue to sojourn with us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 -

Then behold, a hand touched me and set H5128 me shaking H5128 on my [fn]hands and knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 -

“So two or three cities would wander H5128 around to another city to drink water,

But would not be satisfied;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 -

“People will wander H5128 from sea to sea

And from the north even to the east;

They will go to and fro to seek the word of Yahweh,

But they will not find it.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 -

“For behold, I am commanding,

And I will shake H5128 the house of Israel among all nations

As grain is shaken H5128 in a sieve,

But not a [fn]kernel will fall to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 -

All your fortifications are fig trees with [fn]ripe fruit

When shaken H5128, they fall into the eater’s mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 -

This is the exultant city

Which inhabits securely,

Who says in her heart,

“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

How she has become an object of horror,

A resting place for beasts!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss

And wave H5128 his hand in contempt.

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