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title: נוֹף — elevation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נוֹף (5131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: elevation. BDB 1906: elevation, height. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נוֹף

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«נוֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **elevation** — 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:** 5131 · **BDB:** נוֹף

### Glosses

of.height (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

elevation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

elevation, height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] elevation, height (NH נוֹף is tree-top, bough, so 𝔗 נוֹפָא);—יְפֵה נ׳ ψ 48:3 beautiful in elevation (of Mount Zion).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נוֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.3/)

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יְפֵ֥ה נוֹף֮ מְשׂ֪וֹשׂ כָּל־הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ הַר־צִ֭יּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵ֣י צָפ֑וֹן קִ֝רְיַ֗ת מֶ֣לֶךְ רָֽב׃

*Word for word:* \[it.is\].beautiful of.height the.joy of.all the earth the.mountain of.Zion the.remotest.parts of.Zaphon \[is.the\].town of.\[the\].king great

*JPS 1917:* Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, the city of the great King.

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