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title: נַהַם — growling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַהַם (5099), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: growling. BDB 1906: growling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַהַם

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«נַהַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **growling** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5099 · **BDB:** נַ֫הַם

### Glosses

\[is\].a.roaring (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

growling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5099/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

growling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5099/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] growling of lion;—fig. of king’s wrath Pr 19:12, cf. 20:2.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַהַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5099/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.2/)

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נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.roaring like.(the) young lion \[the\].terror of.a.king \[one who\].infuriates.him \[is\].missing life his

*JPS 1917:* The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

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[Proverbs 19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.12/)

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נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.roaring like.(the) young lion \[the\].rage of.a.king and.\[is\] like dew on grass favor his

*JPS 1917:* The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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