Word

נָבַע

nâbaʻ · H5042 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

to gush

Exact meaning unsure; possibly: process by which water flows in a rapid and plentiful stream

Examples
Proverbs 18:4 The words of a person’s mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
to cause to ferment

Causative process by which something causes liquids to form small bubbles, due to fermentation

Examples
Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies turn a perfumer’s oil rancid, so a little foolishness is more potent than wisdom and honor.
Literally: to cause to bubble up (words); hence: action by which humans utter many words ((to cause) to bubble up > to pour out)

Examples
Psalm 19:2 Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 59:7 Behold, they gush forth with their mouths; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, “Who hears?”
Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

10 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: they 3
פֶּהmouth 2
Not stated: I 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2
שָׂפָהlip 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

8 occurrences in 8 groups

אִוֶּלֶתfolly 1
זֵכֶרremembrance 1
חִידָהriddle 1
אֹמֶרword 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1
רַעevil, bad 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with+ פֶּהmouth 1
לto/for+ כֶםyou 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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Near synonyms 1 word

נָסַךְ nâçak · H5258 · to pour out: נָבַע (nâbaʻ, H5042) emphasizes abundant, sometimes figurative outpouring (belch out, utter abundantly, flowing); נָסַךְ (nâçak, H5258) centers on deliberate pouring actions, especially ritual libations (offer, set up), and extends to covering/melting.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Flow002002001008: נָבַע denotes gushing or pouring forth, most literally of a flowing substance, and figuratively of speech pouring out as from a spring, as in the psalmist's lips pouring out praise (Psalm 119:171).
Shape002001001052: The domain classification here reflects an occurrence describing something spread or extended in form (paralleling Psalm 19:2's day-to-day "pouring forth" of speech as an extended, ongoing utterance) rather than a literal physical shape independently sampled in the citations pulled here.
Speak002004001009008: The word is used figuratively of speech gushing forth, as in Psalm 78:2's "I will pour forth" dark sayings and Psalm 94:4's arrogant speakers who "pour out" proud words, tying the term to an abundant outpouring of words.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָבַעnâbaʻ · H5042מַבּוּעַ mabbûwaʻ · H4002 · spring · 3×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5042. naba [נָבַע] verb flow, spring, bubble up, in poetry and late (Late Hebrew id.…

H5042. naba
[נָבַע] verb flow, spring, bubble up, in poetry and late (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Assyrian nabû, id., DlHWB 442; Arabic well or issue forth (of water); Aramaic נְבַע; Ethiopic II. weep, tear(s)); —
Qal Participle נֹבֵעַ נַ֫חַל Pro 18:4 a flowing wady, metaphor of חָכְמָה מְקוֺר.
Hiph`il Imperfect יַבִּיעַ Psa 19:3 Psa 19:3t.; אַבְּ֫יעָה Psa 78:2; Pro 1:23; יַבִּ֫יעוּ Psa 94:4; Psa 145:7; יַבִּיעוּן Psa 59:8; Psa 59:3feminine plural תַּבַּ֫עְנָה Psa 119:171; — pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth:
1 pour out, figurative רוּחִי לָכֶם אַבִּיעָה Pro 1:23 (|| אֶתְכֶם דְבָרַי אוֺדִ֫יעָה).
2 cause to bubble, ferment רוֺקֵ֑חַ שֶׁמֶן יַכִּיעַ יַבְאִישׁ מָ֫וֶת זְבוּבֵי Ecc 10:1.
3 figurative, usually of speech, pour forth, emit, belch forth, emphatic expression: רָעוֺת יַבִּיעַ רְשָׁעִים מִּי Pro 15:28 (opposed to לַעֲנוֺת יֶהְגֶּה צַדִּיק לֵב) i.e. the righteous considers before he speaks, the wicked bursts out with reckless utterance; אִוֶּלֶת יַבִּיעַ כְסִילִים מִּי Pro 15:2 (opposed to דָּ֑עַת תֵּיטִיב חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֺן); עָתָק יְדַבְּרוּ יַבִּ֫יעוּ Psa 94:4 (|| אָ֑וֶן כָּלמֹּֿעֲלֵי יִתְאַמְּרוּ); ׳יַבּ בְּפִיהֶם Psa 59:8 (|| בְּשִׂפְתוֺתֵיהֶם חֲרָבוֺת); in good sense, חִידוֺת אַבִּ֫יעָה Psa 78:2 (|| מִּי בְּמָשָׁל אֶפְתֳּחה); תְּהִלָּה שְׂפָתַי תַּבַּעְנָה Psa 119:171; יִבִּ֑יעוּ רַבטֿוּבְךָ זֵכֶר Psa 145:7 (|| יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ וְצִדְקָֽתְךָ, compare also Psa 145:6); metaphor יַבּ לְיוֺם ׳יוֺם אֹמֶר Psa 19:3, i. e. though silent, it really pours forth speech.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Shape1 occurrence Flow1 occurrence Speak9 occurrences

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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0