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title: נְמָלָה — ant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְמָלָה (5244), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ant. BDB 1906: n.f.unit. ant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְמָלָה

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«נְמָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ant** — 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:** 5244 · **BDB:** נְמָלָה

### Glosses

an.ant (1); ants (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5244/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.unit. ant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5244/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.unit. (LagBN 81) ant (NH id.; Arabic نَمْلَةٌ (nom. unit of نَمْلٌ); Syriac ܢܡܳܠܴܐ );—abs. נ׳ Pr 6:6; pl. הַנְּמָלִים 30:25.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְמָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5244/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.6/)

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לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

*Word for word:* go to an.ant O.sluggard consider ways its and become.wise

*JPS 1917:* Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

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[Proverbs 30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.25/)

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הַ֭נְּמָלִים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָ֑ז וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ בַקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the ants \[are\].a.people not strong and they.prepared in the summer food their

*JPS 1917:* The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

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