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title: נָדַב — incite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָדַב (5068), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: incite. BDB 1906: vb. incite, impel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָדַב

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«נָדַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incite** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5068 · **BDB:** נָדַב

### Glosses

it.impelled (2); make.a.contribution (2); volunteered (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5068/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. incite, impel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5068/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. incite, impel (NH id.; Arabic نَدَبَ call, impel, incite (نَدُبَ be noble, willing, generous, is denom. from \[نَدْبٌ cf.\] נָדִיב according to BaNB § 125 e); viii. ندب ready, willing; Assyrian nidbu, freewill-offering DlHWB 448; Aramaic נְדַב be willing Pa. Ithpa.; Zinj. נדב inciting, instigation DHMSendsch. 60);— Pf. 3 ms. נָדַב Ex 35:29; 3 fs. נָֽדְבָה v 21; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִדְּבֶנּוּ 25:2;—אֲשֶׁר נָדַב לִבָּם 35:29 whose heart incited, cf. 25:2; subj. רוּחַ 35:21 (all P). Pf. 1 s. הִתְנַדַּבְתִּי 1 Ch 29:17; 3 mpl. הִתְנַדְּבוּ Ezr 2:68 1 Ch 29:9; Impf. 3 mpl. יִתְנַדְּבוּ v 6; Inf. הִתְנַדֵּב Ju 5:2 + 2 times; הִתְנַדֶּב־ 1 Ch 29:17; sf. הִתְנַדְּבָם v 9; Pt. מִתְנַדֵּב Ezr 3:5 + 2 times; pl. מִתְנַדְּבִים Ju 5:9 Ne 11:2;— volunteer for war Ju 5:2, 9; for service of other kinds 2 Ch 17:16 Ne 11:2. offer free-will-offerings for the first temple 1 Ch 29:5, 6, 9(×2), 14, 17(×2); for the second Ezr 1:6; 2:68; 3:5 (cf. Biblical Aramaic).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָדַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5068/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.2/)

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בִּפְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעוֹת֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהִתְנַדֵּ֖ב עָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* when acted.as.leaders leaders in Israel when volunteers a.people bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye the LORD.

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[Judges 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.9/)

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לִבִּי֙ לְחוֹקְקֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַמִּֽתְנַדְּבִ֖ים בָּעָ֑ם בָּרֲכ֖וּ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* heart my \[is\].to the.commanders of.Israel \[those who\].volunteered among the people bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

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