נָאָה
nâʼâh · naw-aw'
a home; figuratively, a pasture
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4998 (נָאָה);
a home; figuratively, a pasture
- a home
- figuratively, a pasture
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָאָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the pastures2 · 17%
- pastures1 · 8%
- upon the pastures1 · 8%
- of the habitations1 · 8%
- let us take to ourselves the houses1 · 8%
- and for the habitations1 · 8%
- the pleasant places1 · 8%
- habitations1 · 8%
- all the habitations1 · 8%
- for the pastures1 · 8%
- and the habitations1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.