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title: נָהַם — growl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָהַם (5098), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: growl. BDB 1906: vb. growl, groan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָהַם

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«נָהַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **growl** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5098 · **BDB:** נָהַם

### Glosses

it.will.growl (2); you.will.groan (2); roaring (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

growl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5098/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. growl, groan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5098/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. growl, groan (NH id.; Arabic نَهَمَ Aramaic ܢܗܰܡ נְהַם);— Pf. וְנָהַמְתָּ֫ Pr 5:11; וּנְהַמְתֶּם Ez 24:23; Impf. יִנְהֹם Is 5:29, 30; Pt. נֹהֵם Pr 28:15;— growl, of a lion (viz. while it is devouring its prey: opp. שׁאג, of roar with which it springs upon it RSProph. 243) Pr 28:15, of Assyrian (under fig. of lion) Is 5:29; sq. עַל (over), v 30. groan, of sufferer Pr 5:11; Ez 24:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָהַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5098/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 28:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.15/)

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אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.lion roaring and a.bear rushing a.ruler wicked over a.people poor

*JPS 1917:* As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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[Proverbs 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.11/)

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וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.groan at end your when wastes.away flesh your and body your

*JPS 1917:* And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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