נֶבֶל
nebel · H5035 · Hebrew · 38 occurrences
A word for 3 things
Meanings
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skin-bottle or wineskin
A container made of a goatskin with the outer side turned inside, used for storing wine
Examples1 Samuel 1:24 Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull, one ephah of flour, and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh, although the child was young.
1 Samuel 10:3 “Then you will go on farther from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you: one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine.
1 Samuel 25:18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine, and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and she loaded them on donkeys.
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jar
An earthenware vessel used as a storage container for liquids like wine and olive oil
ExamplesIsaiah 22:24 “So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
Isaiah 30:14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a shard will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
Jeremiah 13:12 “Therefore you are to speak this word to them. ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And when they say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’
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lyre
Exact meaning unsure; probably: a soundbox made of wood with strings of animal intestines stretched over the top, parallel to the soundbox
Examples1 Samuel 10:5 “Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre in front of them, and they will be prophesying.
2 Samuel 6:5 Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
1 Kings 10:12 The king made from the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king’s house, and lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again, nor have they been seen to this day.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
12 occurrences in 7 groups
- יַיִןwine 4
- עָשׂוֹרtenth, ten 2
- ךָyour 2
- חֶרֶשׂearthenware vessel 1
- יָצַרto form, to fashion 1
- שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כָּתַתto smash 1
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 1
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- נָפַץto break 1
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
- שָׁכַבto lie 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- הֶםthem 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 8 groups
- בְּנָיָהBenaiah 1
- זְכַרְיָהZechariah 1
- יְחִיאֵלJehiel 1
- אֱלִיאָבEliab 1
- מַעֲשֵׂיָהMaaseiah 1
- עֲזִיאֵלAziel 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
15 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 17
- לto/for 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
- עִםwith 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 3
- הֶמְיָהsound 1
- זִמְרָהmusic 1
- פֶּהmouth 1
- שֶׁבֶרdestruction, fracture 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Containers001003001001003
- נֶבֶל denotes a jar, jug, or skin bottle used to hold liquid, as in the jug of wine brought to Samuel (1 Samuel 10:3) or the jugs of wine Abigail brings to David (1 Samuel 25:18), identifying it as a vessel for storing or carrying liquids.
- Musical Instruments001003001001013
- The same word also denotes a stringed instrument, a harp or lyre, played alongside the tambourine and flute by the group of prophets Saul meets (1 Samuel 10:5) and among the instruments David and Israel celebrate with before the LORD (2 Samuel 6:5).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5035. nebel I. נֵ֫בֶל noun masculineJer 13:12 1 skin-bottle, skin; 2 jar, pitcher; —…
I. נֵ֫בֶל noun masculineJer 13:12
1 skin-bottle, skin;
2 jar, pitcher; — נֵ֫בֶלabsolute 1Sa 10:5 +; construct 1Sa 10:3 + (on נֶכֶל see Baer1Sa 1:24); —
1 skin of wine, יַיִן נֵ֫בֶל 1Sa 1:24; 1Sa 10:3; 2Sa 16:1, compare also Jer 13:12 (twice in verse); plural יַיִן נִבְלֵי 1Sa 25:18 : figurative שָׁמַיִם נִבְלֵי Job 38:37 i.e. clouds (|| שְׁחָקִים).
2 earthen jar, pitcher: figurative of connections of Eliakim נְבָלִים כְּלֵי Isa 22:24; יְנַמֵּ֑צוּ נִבְלֵיהֶם Jer 48:12 (|| יָרִיקוּ כֵּלִים) in figure of Moab (compare Psa 2:9); נִבְלֵיתֶֿרֶשׂ Lam 4:2 simile of men of Judah (|| יוֺצֵר יְדֵי מַעֲשֵׂה); simile of destruction of Judah, יוֺצְרִים נֵ֫כֶל שֵׁבֶר Isa 30:14.
II. נֶ֫בֶל נֵ֫בֶל, noun masculinePsa 57:9 a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with bulging resonance-body at lower end); (perhaps = 1. נֵבֶל, and then shape seems to favour lute; perhaps independent word, e.g. Egyptian loan-word, compare nfr, lute, WeHpt 222); — absolute נֵ֫בֶל 1Sa 10:5 1Sa 10:3t., נֶ֫בֶל Psa 71:22 Psa 71:3t.; נָ֑בֶל Amo 6:5 Amo 6:2t.; plural נְבָלִים 2Sa 6:5 2Sa 6:4t.; suffix נְבָלֶיךָ Amo 5:23; Isa 14:11; — harp (or lute), played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably less simple, cheap and common than כִּנּוֺר (q. v.; often named with ׳נ): — as mark of luxury, revelry Amo 5:23; Amo 6:5; Amos 14:11, so Amo 5:12 (נ ׳כִנּוֺר חָלִיל תֹּף), also (not in bad sense) 1Ki 10:12; played by wandering band of prophets 1Sa 10:5 (list as Isa 5:12); in worship 2Sa 6:5; elsewhere only Psalms, Chronicles, always in worship: Psa 57:9; Psa 81:3; Psa 92:4; Psa 108:3; Psa 150:3; נֶבֶל כְּלִי Psa 71:22; ׳נ עָשׂוֺר a harp with ten strings Psa 33:2; Psa 144:9; 1Ch 13:8; 1Ch 15:16, 1Ch 15:20, 1Ch 15:28; 1Ch 16:5 (נְבָלִים כְּלֵי), 1Ch 25:1, 1Ch 25:6; 2Ch 5:12; 2Ch 9:11; 2Ch 20:28; 2Ch 29:25; Neh 12:27. — compare further BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i..273 ff. DrAmos 234 ff. WeHpt 222 ff.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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