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title: לָוָה — join · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָוָה (3867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: join. BDB 1906: join be joined Qal Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָוָה

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«לָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **join** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 3867 · **BDB:** לָוָה

### Glosses

they.will.join.themselves (4); he.will.join.himself (2); he.has.joined.himself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

join [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

join be joined Qal Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** join (intr.), be joined (NH Pi. לִוָּה (ליוה) trans., Hithp. intr.; Aramaic לַוֵּי accompany; so ܠܘܳܐ; BAES 12 comp. Arabic وَلِىَ be near);—Qal (late) Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִלְוֶנּוּ. Ec 8:15, be joined to, attend (of mirth). Niph. נִלְוָה ψ 83:9 Is 14:1; 3 mpl. consec. וְנִלְווּ Nu 18:4 + 2 times, + Je 50:5 (GesLbg Bö Köi. 588 Gf Gie; \>Imv. Ki Ew§ 226 c Ol§ 264); Impf. יִלָּוֶה Gn 29:34; יִלָּווּ Nu 18:2; Pt. נִלְוָה Is 56:3 (pointed as Pf., read prob. נִלְוֶח); pl. נִלְוִים Est 9:27; Is 56:6;—join oneself or be joined unto, sq. עַל Nu 18:2, 4 (מַטֵה לֵנִי to Aaron, by word-play), Is 14:1 (strangers to Isr.), Dn 11:34 (flatterers to the people), cf. Est 9:27; Is 56:6 (to י׳); sq. אֶל־ Is 56:3 (to י׳), Zc 2:15 (to י׳), Je 50:5 (to י׳), Gn 29:34 (J; husband to wife); sq. עִם ψ 83:9 (Aasshur with enemies of Isr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.9/)

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גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* also Assyria it.has.joined.itself with them they.have.become an.arm for the.children of.Lot Selah

*JPS 1917:* Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot.

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[Daniel 11:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.34/)

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וּבְהִכָּ֣שְׁלָ֔ם יֵעָזְר֖וּ עֵ֣זֶר מְעָ֑ט וְנִלְו֧וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רַבִּ֖ים בַּחֲלַקְלַקּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and when stumble they they.will.be.helped help a.little and they.will.join.themselves to them many.\[people\] by intrigues

*JPS 1917:* Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments.

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