Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #5115 - נוה navah (beautify)


Original Word:נוה
Transliteration: navah
Definition:beautify
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(naw-vaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

keept at home, prepare an habitation

A primitive root; to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty (compare naveh)), to celebrate (with praises) -- keept at home, prepare an habitation.

see HEBREW naveh


Englishman's Concordance

1) to beautify
1a) (Hiphil) to beautify, adorn
2) to dwell
2a) (Qal) to dwell, abide, keep at home
3) (Hophal) rest
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1321, 1322

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [נָוָה] verb only

Hiph`il (si vera lectio) literally beautify (then connected with נאהbe comely, so Buhl SS; compare Late Hebrew נוה Niph`al shew oneself beautiful, Nithp. adorn oneself, נָוֶה adjective beautiful, LevyNHWB); — Imperfect1singular suffix אַנְוֵהוּExodus 15:2I will beautify, adorn him (with praises; object ׳י; "" רומם; ᵐ5δυξάσω, ᵑ7glorificabo). — adjective נָוָהJeremiah 6:2, see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].

II. נוה (√ of following, meaning dubious; Arabic is aim at, propose to oneself as aim (e.g. of journey), VIII. betake oneself to a place of alighting, or abode; , place to which one purposes journeying Lane3040; hence possibly I. נָוֶה as goal of shepherd; compare Sabean נויmeadow, pasture, DHMSüdar. Alt. 32; see however Dr1Samuel 19:18 HPSib.; Late Hebrew נָוָהdwelling, habitation).

II. [נָוָה] verb denominativedwell, abide (si vera lectio); — only

QalImperfect3masculine singular לֹא יִנְוֶהHabakkuk 2:5he shall not adide, so Ke; Hi rest (compare Da); We proposes יִרְוֶהbe satiated, compare ᵑ6; Krochm יָנוּחַ.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5115. נָוָה (navah) — 2 Occurrences

Exodus 15:2
HEB:זֶ֤ה אֵלִי֙ וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י אָבִ֖י
NAS: is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's
KJV: [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's
INT: This is my God will praise God my father's

Habakkuk 2:5
HEB:יָהִ֖יר וְלֹ֣א יִנְוֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הִרְחִ֨יב
NAS: man, So that he does not stay at home. He enlarges
KJV: man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth
INT: the haughty never stay he enlarges

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