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title: נָאוֶה — comely · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָאוֶה (5000), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: comely. BDB 1906: adj. comely, seemly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָאוֶה

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«נָאוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 10 times · **Key:** 5000 · **BDB:** נָאוֶה

### Glosses

\[is\].suitable (5); \[is\].lovely (2); lovely (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

comely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. comely, seemly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. comely, seemly;—נ׳ m. Ct 2:14 + 3 times; f. נָאוָה ψ 33:1 + 4 times, נָוָה Je 6:2;— comely, beautiful, of woman Ct 1:5; 6:4 (‖ יָפָה); of face 2:14 (מַרְאֶה); so נָוָה Je 6:2 (fig. of Jerus.; ‖ מְעֻנָּגָה); of mouth Ct 4:3 (‖ שְׂפָתוֹת). seemly, of praise תְּהִלָּה ψ 33:1; 147:1; subj. שְׂפַת־יֶתֶר Pr 17:7 (cf. Ct 4:3); תַּעֲנוּג 19:10; כָּבוֹד 26:1. So also ψ 93:5 Mass (anom. fem.) v. \[נאה\] supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 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 «נָאוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.2/)

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הַנָּוָה֙ וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה דָּמִ֖יתִי בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* the.lovely \[one\] and the.dainty \[one\] I.resemble the.daughter of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

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[Psalms 33:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.1/)

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רַנְּנ֣וּ צַ֭דִּיקִים בַּֽיהוָ֑ה לַ֝יְשָׁרִ֗ים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* shout.for.joy O.righteous.\[people\] in Yahweh for.(the) upright \[people\] \[is\].suitable praise

*JPS 1917:* Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.

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