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title: נְבִיא — prophet · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְבִיא (lemma:נְבִיא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: prophet. BDB 1906: n.m. prophet. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְבִיא

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«נְבִיא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **prophet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:נְבִיא · **BDB:** נְבִיא

### Glosses

the (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prophet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. prophet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. prophet (Hebraism? also 𝔗 Syriac; v. BH);—emph. נְבִיאָה Kt, נְבִיָּא Ezr 5:1; 6:14; pl. emph. נְבִיאַיָּא 5:1, 2.\*

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְבִיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.1/)

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וְהִתְנַבִּ֞י חַגַּ֣י נְבִיָּ֗א וּזְכַרְיָ֤ה בַר־עִדּוֹא֙ נְבִיַּיָּ֔א עַל־יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔א דִּ֥י בִיה֖וּד וּבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּשֻׁ֛ם אֱלָ֥הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲלֵיהֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.prophesied Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the.son of.Iddo the prophets to the Jews who \[were\].in Judah and in Jerusalem in the.name of.the.God of.Israel \[who was\].over.them

*JPS 1917:* Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.

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[Ezra 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.2/)

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בֵּאדַ֡יִן קָ֠מוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בַּר־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙ וְיֵשׁ֣וּעַ בַּר־יֽוֹצָדָ֔ק וְשָׁרִ֣יו לְמִבְנֵ֔א בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְעִמְּה֛וֹן נְבִיַּיָּ֥א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֖א מְסָעֲדִ֥ין לְהֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* then they.arose Zerubbabel the.son of.Shealtiel and Jeshua the.son of.Jozadak and they.began to build the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and.\[were\] with them the prophets (diy).of (the) God supporting (et) them

*JPS 1917:* Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

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