H5116A

נָוֶה

na.vehH:N-M

pasture

1) abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture 1a) abode (of sheep) 1b) abode (of shepherds) 1c) meadow 1d) habitation

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. נָוֶה noun masculine^{Isa 27:10} abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute Isa 27:10 +; construct נְוֵה Exod 15:13 +; נְוַת Job 8:6 (as if from נָוָה; or read נְוֵה ?); suffix נָָֽוְךָ Job 5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ 2Sam 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶם Jer 49:20; Ezek 34:14 (compare Sta^{§ 351 c}.), נְוֵהֶן Jer 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן van d. H., plural according to Kö^{ii, 1, p. 77}); —

1. a. adode, of sheep 2Sam 7:8 (|| מֵאַחַר הַצּאֹן) = 1Chr 17:1; Isa 65:10 (|| רָבַץ); of people under figure of sheep Jer 23:3; Jer 49:20 = Jer 50:45; Jer 50:19; Ezek 34:14 (twice in verse) (|| רָבַץ, מִרְעֶה); of camels Ezek 25:5 (|| מִרְבַּץ צאֹן).
b. adode of shepherds Jer 33:12 (+ מַרְבִּיצִים צאֹן).
c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (שָׁתוּל) as tree Hos 9:13.

2. habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; Job 8:6 (נְוַת צִדְקֶ֑ךָ, see above), Prov 21:20 || אֹהֶל Job 5:24; Job 18:15 || בַּיִת Prov 3:33 || רֵבֶץ Prov 24:15 of ׳י in Canaan 2Sam 15:25 of Can. as place of ׳י's sanctuary, קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ ׳נ Exod 15:13 figurative of ׳י himself, צֶדֶק ׳נ Jer 50:7 habit. of nation Jer 10:25; Jer 25:30; Isa 32:18 (שָׁלוֺם ׳נ), Ps 79:7 = city Isa 27:10, especially Jerusalem Isa 33:20 (שַׁאֲנָן ׳נ, || אֹהֶל); אֵיתָן ׳נ Jer 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = Jer 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, צֶדֶק ׳נ Jer 31:23 (|| הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ). Twice of habitation of jackals Isa 34:13; Isa 35:7 (both || חָצִיר).

II. [נָוֶה] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) נְוַת בַּיִת Ps 68:13 she that is adiding at home. — נָוָה Jer 6:2 see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].

II. [נָוָה] noun feminine pasture, meadow; — plural construct נְוֺת Zeph 2:6, usually נְאוֺת Ps 23:2 + 11 t.; —

1. pasture, meadow: הָרֹעִים ׳נ Amos 1:2, compare Zeph 2:6 (|| גִּדְרוֺת צאֹן; see also [כָּרה] p. 500 above); especially נְאוֺת (הַ)מִּדְבָּר Jer 9:9; Jer 23:10; Ps 65:13; Joel 1:19; Joel 1:20; Joel 2:22 דֶּשֶׁא ׳נ Ps 23:2 grassy pastures; אֱלֹהִים ׳נ Ps 83:13 pastures of God, i.e. the land of Canaan, יַעֲקֹב ׳נ Lam 2:2 הַשָּׁלוֺם ׳נ Jer 25:37 meadows of pace; חָמָס ׳נ Ps 74:20 apparently habitations (?) of violence, but read probably ׳גַּאֲוָה וְח, so Bi Che (see Ps 73:6). — Jer 6:2 see following; Job 8:6 see I. נָוֶה.

29 occurrences

Exodus (1), II Samuel (2), I Chronicles (1), Job (4), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (8), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Zephaniah (1)