נָוָה
nâvâh · naw-vaw'
to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty ), to celebrate (with praises)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H5116 (נָוֶה))
to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty ), to celebrate (with praises)
- to rest (as at home)
- causatively, (through the implied idea of beauty ), to celebrate (with praises)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: keept at home, prepare an habitation.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָוָה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and i will prepare him an habitation1 · 50%
- neither keepeth at home1 · 50%
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.