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title: נֹגַהּ — brightness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹגַהּ (5051), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: brightness. BDB 1906: n.f. brightness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹגַהּ

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«נֹגַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brightness** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 5051 · **BDB:** נֹ֫גַהּ

### Glosses

brightness (15); the.brightness (3); of.brightness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5051/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. brightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5051/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Hb 3:4 (?) brightness;—נ׳ abs. Am. 5:20 +; cstr. Is 4:5 +; sf. נָגְהָם Jo 2:10; 4:15;—brightness of a (clear, sunshiny) day Am 5:20 (‖ אוֹר; opp. אָפֵל, חֹשֶׁךְ), 2 S 23:4 (מִמָּטָר after rain); so fig. of Zion’s dawning, נ׳ זַרְחֵךְ Is 60:3 (‖ אוֹר); of her righteousness כַּנֹּגַהּ 62:1 (c. art. only here and Ez 1:28), ‖ כְּלַפִּיד יִבְעָ֑ר; of moon Is 60:19, of stars Jo 2:10; 4:15; of theophany 2 S 22:13 = ψ 18:13 (in storm); cf. Ez 1:4, 27, 28, נ׳ כְּבוֹד י׳ 10:4; נ׳ כאור Hb 3:4; נ׳ לָאֵשׁ Ez 1:13, נ׳ אֵשׁ לֶהָבָה Is 4:5; נ׳ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶ֑ךָ Hb 3:11 (of glitter of י׳’s spear; ‖ אוֹר חִצֶּיךָ); of individ., וְאֵין נ׳ לוֹ Is 50:10 (fig. of distress ‖ חֲשֵׁכִים); so וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נ׳ Pr 4:18 the path of righteous men is like a light of brightness.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹגַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5051/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.13/)

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מִנֹּ֖גַהּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ בָּעֲר֖וּ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] brightness before him they.burned coals of.fire

*JPS 1917:* At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.

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[Joel 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.15/)

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שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֖חַ קָדָ֑רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽם׃

*Word for word:* sun and moon they.have.become.dark and.\[the\] stars they.have.withdrawn brightness their

*JPS 1917:* The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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