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title: נָדִיב — inclined · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָדִיב (5081), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: inclined. BDB 1906: adj. n.m. inclined, generous, noble Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָדִיב

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«נָדִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **inclined** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 5081 · **BDB:** נָדִיב

### Glosses

noble.\[people\] (10); a.noble.\[person\] (3); of.a.noble.\[person\] (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

inclined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5081/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. n.m. inclined, generous, noble Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5081/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.m. Is 32:8 inclined, generous, noble;—abs. נ׳ Is 32:5 + 6 times; cstr. נְדִיב Ex 35:5 + 2 times; f. נְדִיבָה ψ 51:14; pl. נְדִיבִים Is 13:2 + 9 times; cstr. נְדִיבֵי Nu 21:18 + 2 times; sf. נְדִיבֵמוֹ ψ 83:12;— incited, inclined, willing, נְדִיב לֵב Ex 35:5, 22 (P), 2 Ch 29:31 (v. נָדַב Qal), נָדִיב בְחָכְמָה 28:21; רוּחַ נְדִיבָה ψ 51:14 a willing spirit. noble, princely, in rank 1 S 2:8 (poem), Jb 12:21 = ψ 107:40, Jb 34:18 Pr 8:16 ψ 47:10; 83:12; 113:8(×2); 118:9; 146:3; פְּנֵי נדיב Pr 19:6; 25:7; בית נ׳ Jb 21:28; פתחי נ׳ Is 13:2; בת נ׳ Ct 7:2; נְדִיבֵי הָעָם Nu 21:18 (poem). noble in mind and character ‖ צדּיק Pr 17:7, 26; opp. נָבָל Is 32:5, 8. On Ct 6:12 s. עַמִּינָדִיב (p. 770).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 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 «נָדִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5081/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.21/)

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שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].pouring contempt on noble.\[people\] and.\[the\] belt of.strong.people he.loosens

*JPS 1917:* He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.

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[Job 34:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.18/)

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הַאֲמֹ֣ר לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בְּלִיָּ֑עַל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע אֶל־נְדִיבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* to say? to a.king worthless.person wicked.\[one\] to noble.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —

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