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title: נָבַב — hollow out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָבַב (lemma:נָבַב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hollow out. BDB 1906: vb. hollow out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָבַב

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«נָבַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hollow out** — 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:** lemma:נָבַב · **BDB:** נָבַב

### Glosses

hollow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hollow out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hollow out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hollow out (cf. Assyrian imbubu, flute, DlHWB 443, NH אַבּוּב id., Aramaic ܐܰܒܽܘܒܳܐ אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic أَنْبُوبٌ knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; vid. HoffmLCB 1882, 321 Frä 23 Fl in LevyTW i. 417);— Pt. pass. נָבוּב Jb 11:12 Je 52:21; נְבוּב Ex 27:8; 38:7;—hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabern. נְבוּב לֻחוֹת Ex 27:8; 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Je 52:21; fig. אִישׁ נָבוּב Jb 11:12; i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָבַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d1_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.12/)

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וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and a.person hollow he.will.get.understanding and a.male.donkey of.a.wild.donkey a.human.being it.will.be.born

*JPS 1917:* But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

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[Jeremiah 52:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.21/)

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וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה אַמָּה֙ קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָבְי֛וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב׃

*Word for word:* and the pillars \[was\].eight- teen cubit\[s\] the.height of the.pillar (the) one and a.line of.two.plus ten cubit\[s\] it goes.round.it and thickness its \[was\].four fingers hollow

*JPS 1917:* And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; it was hollow.

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