Word

נָוָה

nâvâh · H5115 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to abide, to survive, to endure

Exact meaning unknown; possibly: process by which humans are alive and well

Examples
Habakkuk 2:5 “Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man, So that he does not achieve his objective. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.
to praise

Action by which humans express their appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude to deities about who they are and what they do

Examples
Exodus 15:2 “The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

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

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: I 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

וֹhim 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 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

Alive002001001003: נָוָה, "to prepare a habitation," occurs at Exodus 15:2 in the phrase rendered "I will praise Him" or, alternatively, "I will make Him a home," a verse celebrating the ongoing life and worship of the redeemed people, tying the word's disputed sense to the domain of living/dwelling.
Praise002004001009009: The same Exodus 15:2 occurrence is more commonly rendered "I will praise Him," reflecting an ancient and standard alternate understanding of this root as an act of worship rather than habitation-building, tying the word to the domain of praise.

Word family 3 words

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

נָוָהnâvâh · H5115נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode · 34×נוּד nûwd · H5111 · get away · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5115. navah I. [נָוָה] verb only Hiph`il (si vera lectio) literally beautify (then…

H5115. navah
I. [נָוָה] verb only
Hiph`il (si vera lectio) literally beautify (then connected with נאה be comely, so Buhl SS; compare Late Hebrew נוה Niph`al shew oneself beautiful, Nithp. adorn oneself, נָוֶה adjective beautiful, LevyNHWB); — Imperfect1singular suffix אַנְוֵהוּ Exo 15:2 I will beautify, adorn him (with praises; object ׳י; || רומם; ᵐ5 δυξάσω, ᵑ7 glorificabo). — adjective נָוָה Jer 6:2, see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].
II. נוה (√ of following, meaning dubious; Arabic is aim at, propose to oneself as aim (e.g. of journey), VIII. betake oneself to a place of alighting, or abode; , place to which one purposes journeying Lane3040; hence possibly I. נָוֶה as goal of shepherd; compare Sabean נוי meadow, pasture, DHMSüdar. Alt. 32; see however Dr1Sa 19:18 HPSib.; Late Hebrew נָוָה dwelling, habitation).
II. [נָוָה] verb denominative dwell, abide (si vera lectio); — only
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִנְוֶה לֹא Hab 2:5 he shall not adide, so Ke; Hi rest (compare Da); We proposes יִרְוֶה be satiated, compare ᵑ6; Krochm יָנוּחַ.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Alive1 occurrence Praise1 occurrence

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