H5014

נָבַב

na.vavH:V

be hollow

1) (Qal) to hollow out 1a) hollowed (participle)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[נָבַב] verb hollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu, flute, Dl^{HWB 443}, Late Hebrew אַבּוּב id., Aramaic אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; see Hoffm^{LCB 1882, 321} Frä²³ Fl in Levy^{TW i. 417}); —

Qal Passive participle נָבוּב Job 11:12; Jer 52:21 נְבוּב Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle נְבוּב לֻחוֺת Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Jer 52:21 figurative אִישׁ נָבוּב Job 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

נֹ֫בֶה see נֹב.

3 occurrences

Exodus (2), Job (1)

Exodus 27:8
Exodus 38:7
Job 11:12