--- title: נָחָה — lead · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָחָה (5148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: lead. BDB 1906: vb. lead, guide Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5148.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-2.md)‎ / נָחָה‎ # נָחָה «נָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lead** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 39 times · **Key:** 5148 · **BDB:** נָחָה ### Glosses he (15); lead (5); you (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) lead [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5148/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. lead, guide Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5148/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. lead, guide (Arabic نَحَا go in direction of, turn (eyes) toward);— Pf. sf. נָחַ֫נִי Gn 24:27 + 2 times; וְנָֽחֲךָ Is 58:11; נָחָם Ex 13:17; 2 ms. נָחִ֫יתָ Ex 15:13 ψ 77:21; Imv. נְחֵה Ex 32:34; sf. נְחֵנִי ψ 5:9 + 2 times;—lead, bring, sq. acc. pers., subj. man Ex 32:34 (sq. אֶל־), cf. ψ 60:11; 108:11 (both sq. עַד־; ‖ הוביל); usually subj. י׳ Gn 24:27 (J; also sq. בַּדֶּרֶךְ + acc. loc.), Ex 13:17 (E; sq. דֶּרֶךְ), 15:13 (song; ‖ נהל), ψ 77:21; fig. of guidance in prosperity and righteousness ψ 5:9 (‖ הושׁר דרך), 27:11 (sq. בְּאֹרַח; ‖ הורה דרך), 139:24 (sq. בדרך עולם); cf. Is 58:11. Pf. sf. הִנְחַ֫נִי Gn 24:48; 2 ms. sf. הִנְחִתָם Ne 9:12; Impf. sf. יַנְחֵ֫נִי Nu 23:7 ψ 23:3; יַנְחֶ֫נּוּ Dt 32:12 Pr 18:16; 3 fs. תַּנְחֶה Pr 6:22, etc.; Inf. cstr. sf. לְהַנְחֹתָם Ne 9:19; לַנְחֹתָם Ex 13:21;—lead, guide (= Qal) sq. acc. pers. Nu 23:7 (JE; + מִן).—1 S 22:4 (+ אֶת־פְּנֵי), 1 K 10:26 2 K 18:11 v. sub נוח Hiph. B.—; of guiding = treating kindly (the helpless) Jb 31:18, of guiding constellations 38:32 (‖ הוציא); usually subj. י׳ Gn 24:48 (J; sq. בַּדֶּרֶךְ) Dt 32:12 ψ 78:14, 53, 72 (Isr. as flock; ‖ רעה); Is 57:18 ψ 107:30 (sq. אֶל־); cf. of pillar of cloud Ex 13:21 (J), Ne 9:12, 19; also Jb 12:23, read prob. וַיַּנִּחֵם and leaves them (Je 14:9). ψ 67:5; especially in path of blessing ψ 23:3; 31:4 (‖ נהל), 61:3 (sq. בְּ), 73:24; cf. 43:3; 139:10 (‖ אחז), 143:10 (sq. בְּ); also of instruction, etc., Pr 6:22; 11:3; 18:16 (sq. לִפְנֵי). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.3/) תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].integrity of.upright.\[people\] it guides.them and.\[the\] perverseness of.\[those.who\].act.treacherously it destroys.them *JPS 1917:* The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them. [Deuteronomy 32:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.12/) יְהוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃ *Word for word:* Yahweh alone he guided.it and there.\[was\].not with him a.god of.foreignness *JPS 1917:* The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him. - ← previous: [נַחְבִּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5147.md) - next →: [נְחוּם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5149.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-2.md)