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title: נָוֶה — abode of shepherd · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָוֶה (5116), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: abode of shepherd. BDB 1906: n.m. abode of shepherd flocks. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָוֶה

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«נָוֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **abode of shepherd** — 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:** 34 times · **Key:** 5116 · **BDB:** נָוֶה

### Glosses

habitation (8); pasture (6); pastureland (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

abode of shepherd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5116/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. abode of shepherd flocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5116/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 27:10 abode of shepherd, or flocks, poet. habitation;—abs. Is 27:10 +; cstr. נְוֵה Ex 15:13 +; נְוַת Jb 8:6 (as if from נָוָה; or read נְוֵה?); sf. נָֽוְךָ Jb 5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ 2 S 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶם Je 49:20 Ez 34:14 (cf. Sta§ 351 c.), נְוֵהֶן Je 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן van d. H., pl. according to Köii. 1, p. 77);— abode, of sheep 2 S 7:8 (‖ מֵאַחַר הַצֹּאן) = 1 Ch 17:17; Is 65:10 (‖ רָבַץ); of people under fig. of sheep Je 23:3; 49:20 = 50:45, 50:19 Ez 34:14(×2) (‖ רָבַץ, מִרְעֶה); of camels Ez 25:5 (‖ מִרְבַּץ צֹאן). abode of shepherds Je 33:12 (+ מַרְבִּיצִים צֹאן). = meadow, in fig. of Ephr. planted (שָׁתוּל) as tree Ho 9:13. habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly poet.), Jb 5:3; 8:6 (נְוַת צִדְקֶ֑ךָ, v. supr.), Pr 21:20; ‖ אֹהֶל Jb 5:24; 18:15; ‖ בַּיִת Pr 3:33; ‖ רֵבֶץ 24:15; of י׳ in Canaan 2 S 15:25; of Can. as place of י׳’s sanctuary, נ׳ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Ex 15:13; fig. of י׳ himself, נ׳ צֶדֶק Je 50:7; habit. of nation Je 10:25; 25:30 Is 32:18 (נ׳ שָׁלוֹם), ψ 79:7; = city Is 27:10, especially Jerus. Is 33:20 (נ׳ שַׁאֲנָן, ‖ אֹהֶל); נ׳ אֵיתָן Je 49:19 (fig. of Edom) = 50:44 (of Bab.); of land of Isr., נ׳ צֶדֶק Je 31:23 (‖ הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ). Twice of habitation of jackals Is 34:13; 35:7 (both ‖ חָצִיר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָוֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5116/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.3/)

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אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* I I.have.seen a.fool taking.root and I.cursed habitation his suddenly

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

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[Psalms 79:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.7/)

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כִּ֭י אָכַ֣ל אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְֽאֶת־נָוֵ֥הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.has.consumed (et) Jacob and (et) habitation its they.have.devastated

*JPS 1917:* For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

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