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title: נוּב — bear fruit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נוּב (5107), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: bear fruit. BDB 1906: vb. bear fruit Poʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נוּב

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«נוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bear fruit** — 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:** 5107 · **BDB:** נוּב

### Glosses

it.will.bear.fruit (2); it.will.cause.to.thrive (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bear fruit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5107/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bear fruit Poʿl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5107/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bear fruit (poet.) (Aramaic נוֹבָא fruit (rare));— Impf. יָנוּב ψ 62:11 Pr 10:31; יְנוּבוּן ψ 92:15;—only fig., abs. of righteous under fig. of tree ψ 92:15; חַיִל כִּי יָנוּב 62:11 if wealth beareth fruit; Pr 10:31 פִּי צַדִּיק יָנוּב חָכְמָה beareth the fruit of wisdom. Poʿl. Impf. יְנוֹבֵב Zc 9:17, דָּגָן בַּחוּרִים וְתִירוֹשׁ יְנ׳ בְּתֻלוֹת fig. for makes to flourish.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5107/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.31/)

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פִּֽי־צַ֭דִּיק יָנ֣וּב חָכְמָ֑ה וּלְשׁ֥וֹן תַּ֝הְפֻּכ֗וֹת תִּכָּרֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* the.mouth of.a.righteous.\[person\] it.will.bear.fruit wisdom and a.tongue of.perversiti(es) it.will.be.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.

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[Psalms 92:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.15/)

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ע֭וֹד יְנוּב֣וּן בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* still they will.bear.fruit in old.age fat and fresh they.will.be

*JPS 1917:* They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness;

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