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title: נַבְלוּת — immodesty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַבְלוּת (5040), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: immodesty. BDB 1906: n.f. immodesty, shamelessness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַבְלוּת

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«נַבְלוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **immodesty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5040 · **BDB:** נַבְלוּת

### Glosses

lewdness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

immodesty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5040/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. immodesty, shamelessness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5040/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. immodesty, shamelessness, lewdness of Isr. under fig. of adulteress Ho 2:12.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַבְלוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5040/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.12/)

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וְעַתָּ֛ה אֲגַלֶּ֥ה אֶת־נַבְלֻתָ֖הּ לְעֵינֵ֣י מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ וְאִ֖ישׁ לֹֽא־יַצִּילֶ֥נָּה מִיָּדִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and now I.will.uncover (et) lewdness her to the.eyes of her.lovers and anyone not he will.deliver.her from hand my

*JPS 1917:* And now will I uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of My hand.

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