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title: נין — propagate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נין (5125), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: propagate. BDB 1906: vb. propagate, increase Hiph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נין

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«נין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **propagate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5125 · **BDB:** נוּן

### Glosses

may.it.increase (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

propagate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5125/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. propagate, increase Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5125/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. propagate, increase (si vera l.) (\> denom. from נין Hup-Now SS;—NH נוּן = fish, so Aramaic נוּנָא, ܢܽܘܢܳܐ, Assyrian nûnu);— (or Hiph.?) Impf. ינין Kt; \> ינּוֹן Qr ψ 72:17 let his name have increase (or, if Niph., be propagated, spread); but dub., Vrss perhaps יִכּוֹן be established, endure.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5125/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.17/)

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יְהִ֤י שְׁמ֨וֹ לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם לִפְנֵי־שֶׁמֶשׁ֮ יִנּ֪וֹן שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ וְיִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֑וֹ כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be name his forever of.perpetuity before \[the\].sun may.it.increase name his and may.they.bless.themselves by him all nations may they.call.him.blessed

*JPS 1917:* May his name endure for ever; may his name be continued as long as the sun; may men also bless themselves by him; may all nations call him happy.

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