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title: נְתִיבָה — path · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְתִיבָה (5410), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: path. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְתִיבָה

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«נְתִיבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **path** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5410 · **BDB:** נְתִיבָה

### Glosses

paths (9); pathway (4); pathways (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

path [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5410/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5410/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. נ׳ Is 43:16, sf. נְתִיבָתִי Jb 30:13 + 2 times, נְתִיבָתָם Pr 1:15; pl. abs. נְתִיבוֹת Pr 8:2 +; cstr. id. Jb 38:20 +; sf. נְתִיבֹתַי Jb 19:8 La 3:9, נְתִיבֹתָיו Jb 24:13, etc.;—path: lit. הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֹת Ju 5:6 goers on paths, i.e. travellers, Pr 8:2 Is 58:12 (Oort Lag Klo נְתִיצוֹת but against this Du); path through sea Is 43:16 (in fig.); of path to house of (personif.) light and darkness Jb 38:20. often ‖ דֶּרֶךְ: = course of life Jb 19:8; 30:13 La 3:9 ψ 119:105; 142:4, of Isr. Ho 2:8; of path of God’s appointment Is 42:16. of moral action, and character: paths of wisdom Pr 3:17, justice 8:20 (‖ אֹרַח צְדָקָה); light Jb 24:13; נ׳ עוֹלָם Je 6:16 (‖ דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב); path of wicked Pr 1:15, Is 59:8 (crooked), path of adulteress Pr 7:25; נְתִיבוֹת Je 18:15 is rendered ‘by-paths,’ by Gf Rothst al.; דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָה.—נְתִיבָהֿ Pr 12:28 v. נָתִיב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְתִיבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5410/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.2/)

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בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת נִצָּֽבָה׃

*Word for word:* at.\[the\] top of.\[the\].heights on \[the\].way between \[the\].pathways she.stations.herself

*JPS 1917:* In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;

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[Proverbs 8:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.20/)

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בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָ֥ה אֲהַלֵּ֑ךבְּ֝ת֗וֹךְ נְתִיב֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] path of.righteousness I.walk in the.midst of.\[the\].pathways of.justice

*JPS 1917:* I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;

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