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title: נְבוּאָה — prophecy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְבוּאָה (5016), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: prophecy. BDB 1906: n.f. prophecy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְבוּאָה

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«נְבוּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prophecy** — 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:** 5016 · **BDB:** נְבוּאָה

### Glosses

prophecy (2); the.prophecy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prophecy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5016/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. prophecy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5016/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. prophecy (late: earlier syn. חָזוֹן);— specific and genuine 2 Ch 15:8. false Ne 6:12. prophetic writing עַל־נְבוּאַת אֲחִיָּה 2 Ch 9:29.

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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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְבוּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5016/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.12/)

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וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and I recognized and there! not God he had.sent.him (dm) the prophecy he.had.spoken on me and Tobiah and Sanballat he had.hired.him

*JPS 1917:* And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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[2 Chronicles 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.29/)

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וּשְׁאָר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים וְהָאֲחֲרוֹנִ֑ים הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־דִּבְרֵי֙ נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא וְעַל־נְבוּאַ֞ת אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַשִּֽׁילוֹנִ֗י וּבַחֲזוֹת֙ יֶעְדּ֣וֹ הַחֹזֶ֔ה עַל־יָרָבְעָ֖ם בֶּן־נְבָֽט׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of.the.matters of.Solomon (the) former and (the) latter ? not \[are\].they written on the.words of.Nathan the prophet and on the.prophecy of.Ahijah the Shilonite and in the.visions of.Iddo the seer on Jeroboam the.son of.Nebat

*JPS 1917:* Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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