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title: נָבַב — hollow out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָבַב (5014), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hollow out. BDB 1906: vb. hollow out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָבַב

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«נָבַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hollow out** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5014 · **BDB:** נָבַב

### Glosses

hollow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hollow out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hollow out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hollow out (cf. Assyrian imbubu, flute, DlHWB 443, NH אַבּוּב id., Aramaic ܐܰܒܽܘܒܳܐ אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic أَنْبُوبٌ knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; vid. HoffmLCB 1882, 321 Frä 23 Fl in LevyTW i. 417);— Pt. pass. נָבוּב Jb 11:12 Je 52:21; נְבוּב Ex 27:8; 38:7;—hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabern. נְבוּב לֻחוֹת Ex 27:8; 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Je 52:21; fig. אִישׁ נָבוּב Jb 11:12; i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָבַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 27:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.8/)

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נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶרְאָ֥ה אֹתְךָ֛ בָּהָ֖ר כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* hollow of.boards you.will.make it just as he.showed you on the mountain so they.will.do

*JPS 1917:* Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

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[Exodus 38:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.7/)

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וַיָּבֵ֨א אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֜ים בַּטַּבָּעֹ֗ת עַ֚ל צַלְעֹ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ לָשֵׂ֥את אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶ֑ם נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.put (et) the poles in the rings on the.sides of the.altar to carry it by them hollow of.boards he.made it

*JPS 1917:* And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

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