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title: נָוָה — beautify · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָוָה (lemma:נָוָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: beautify. BDB 1906: vb. beautify. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָוָה

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«נָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beautify** — 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:** lemma:נָוָה · **BDB:** נָוָה

### Glosses

I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beautify [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. beautify [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only (si vera l.) lit. beautify (then connected with נאה be comely, so Buhl SS; cf. NH נוה Niph. shew oneself beautiful, Nithp. adorn oneself, נָוֶה adj. beautiful, LevyNHWB);—Impf. 1 s. sf. אַנְוֵהוּ Ex 15:2 I will beautify, adorn him (with praises; obj. י׳; ‖ רומם; 𝔊 δοξάσω, 𝔙 glorificabo).—Adj. נָוָה Je 6:2, v. נָאוֶה sub \[נָאָה\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.2/)

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עָזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֔הּ וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה זֶ֤ה אֵלִי֙ וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י אָבִ֖י וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ׃

*Word for word:* might \[is\].my and strength Yahweh and he.has.become for me (into) salvation this God \[is\].my and I will.glorify.him the.God my.father my and I will.exalt.him

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

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