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title: נבא — see · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
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# נבא

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«נבא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **see** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:נבא · **BDB:** נבא

### Glosses

he.prophesied (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

see [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d1_5d0/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (√ of foll.; v. BH id., but especially BewerAm. J. Sem. Lang., Jan. 1902 who cp. Assyrian nabû, tear away, lead forcibly, hence proph. as (fig.) carried away by divine frenzy, ecstasy, cf. 1 S 10:6, 10; 19:20, 24).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נבא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d1_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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