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title: נִיב — fruit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִיב (5108), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fruit. BDB 1906: fruit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִיב

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«נִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5108 · **BDB:** נִיב

### Glosses

\[the\].fruit (1); fruit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fruit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5108/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fruit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5108/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fruit;—ניב cstr. Is 57:19 Qr, v. supr.; נִיבוֹ Mal 1:12 of offerings to י׳ as fruit of his table (‖ אכלו).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5108/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 57:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.19/)

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בּוֹרֵ֖א נִ֣יב שְׂפָתָ֑יִם שָׁל֨וֹם ׀ שָׁל֜וֹם לָרָח֧וֹק וְלַקָּר֛וֹב אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה וּרְפָאתִֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[I.am\].about.to.create \[the\].fruit of.lips peace peace to.(the) distant \[person\] and to.(the) near \[person\] he.says Yahweh and I will.heal.him

*JPS 1917:* Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the LORD that createth the fruit of the lips; and I will heal him.

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[Malachi 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.12/)

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וְאַתֶּ֖ם מְחַלְּלִ֣ים אוֹת֑וֹ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם שֻׁלְחַ֤ן אֲדֹנָי֙ מְגֹאָ֣ל ה֔וּא וְנִיב֖וֹ נִבְזֶ֥ה אָכְלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you \[are\].profaning it by saying your the.table Lord of.\[the\] \[is\].defiled it and fruit its \[is\].despicable food its

*JPS 1917:* But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.'

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