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title: נְדִיבָה — nobility · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְדִיבָה (5082), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: nobility. BDB 1906: n.f. nobility, nobleness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְדִיבָה

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«נְדִיבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nobility** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5082 · **BDB:** נְדִיבָה

### Glosses

noble.deeds (2); dignity (1); willing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nobility [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. nobility, nobleness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. nobility, nobleness;—sf. נְדִבָתִי Jb 30:15; pl. נְדִיבוֹת Is 32:8(×2);— nobility of rank, honour Jb 30:15. pl. = noble things as counselled by the נדיב in character Is 32:8(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְדִיבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 32:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.8/)

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וְנָדִ֖יב נְדִיב֣וֹת יָעָ֑ץ וְה֖וּא עַל־נְדִיב֥וֹת יָקֽוּם׃פ

*Word for word:* and a.noble.\[person\] noble.deeds he.plans and he on noble.deeds he.stands

*JPS 1917:* But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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[Psalms 51:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.14/)

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הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* restore to me the.joy your.salvation your and a.spirit willing you will.sustain.me

*JPS 1917:* Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.

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