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title: נָאָה — be comely · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָאָה (4998), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: be comely. BDB 1906: vb. Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph. Piʿlel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָאָה

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«נָאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be comely** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4998 · **BDB:** נָאָה

### Glosses

they.are.delightful (2); it.is.befitting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be comely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph. Piʿlel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Piʿlel be comely, befitting (Thes Ol§ 251 a, 187 a Sta§ 416 b Ges§ 73. 2. R.4 SS Bae ψ 33:1 \> AE Ki HartmPlurilit.-bildungen (1875) 13 ff. NöZMG xxx, 1876, 185 Now Hup ψ 31:1, 93:5 Buhl Niph. √ I. אוה desire, i.e. desirable, beautiful; NH נאה Pi. Hithp.; 𝔗 נוֹאִי beauty);—Piʿlel Pf. נַאֲוָה ψ 93:5 (so van d. H Ginsb; Mass Baer Dead loc. נָֽאֲוָה = נָאוָה v. נָאוֶה adj., but v Sta§ 155 b. n); נָאווּ Is 52:7 Ct 1:10 (on form cf. Gesl.c.);— be comely; of feet of messenger, (fig.) Is 52:7; of cheeks Ct 1:10. be befitting: לְבֵיתְךָ נ׳־קֹדֶשׁ ψ 93:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/)

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נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.delightful cheeks your with.(the) strings of.jewels neck your with strings of.beads

*JPS 1917:* Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.

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[Psalms 93:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.93.5/)

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עֵֽדֹתֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶאֶמְנ֬וּ מְאֹ֗ד לְבֵיתְךָ֥ נַאֲוָה־קֹ֑דֶשׁ יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* testimonies your they.are.reliable exceedingly to house your it.is.befitting holiness O.Yahweh for length of.days

*JPS 1917:* Thy testimonies are very sure, holiness becometh Thy house, O LORD, for evermore.

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