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title: נְבִיאָה — prophetess · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְבִיאָה (5031), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: prophetess. BDB 1906: n.f. prophetess. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְבִיאָה

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«נְבִיאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prophetess** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5031 · **BDB:** נְבִיאָה

### Glosses

prophetess (5); a.prophetess (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prophetess [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5031/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. prophetess [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5031/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. prophetess;— of the ancient type endowed with gift of song, Miriam Ex 15:20; Deborah Ju 4:4. of the later type consulted for a word of י׳, Huldah 2 K 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22. false prophetess, Noadiah Ne 6:14. wife of Isaiah Is 8:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «נְבִיאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5031/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.4/)

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וּדְבוֹרָה֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה נְבִיאָ֔ה אֵ֖שֶׁת לַפִּיד֑וֹת הִ֛יא שֹׁפְטָ֥ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and Deborah \[was\].a.woman a.prophetess the.wife of.Lappidoth she \[was\].judging (et) Israel at the time (the) that

*JPS 1917:* Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

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[Exodus 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.20/)

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וַתִּקַּח֩ מִרְיָ֨ם הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֲח֧וֹת אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־הַתֹּ֖ף בְּיָדָ֑הּ וַתֵּצֶ֤אןָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יהָ בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* and she.took Miriam the prophetess the.sister of.Aaron (et) the tambourine in hand her and they.went.out all the women behind her with tambourines and with dancing(s)

*JPS 1917:* And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

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