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title: נָיֹות — Naioth (from the margin) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָיֹות (lemma:נָיֹות), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Naioth (from the margin). BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. sq. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָיֹות

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«נָיֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naioth (from the margin)** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:נָיֹות · **BDB:** נוית

### Glosses

Naioth (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naioth (from the margin) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d9_5b9_5d5_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. sq. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d9_5b9_5d5_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Kt (i.e. נָוִית, or נָֽוְיַת, Ginsb), נָיוֹת Qr; prob. n.pr.loc. in Ramah (poss. = habitations, but dub., v. Dr 1 S 19:18 HPS);—abode of prophets 1 S 19:18, 19, 22, 23(×2) and 20:1 (where Baer נוות Kt); sq. בָּרָמָה (except 19:18); 𝔊 Ἀυαθ (ν dropped out after ἐν), so 𝔊L; A Ναυιωθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָיֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d9_5b9_5d5_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.19.19/)

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וַיֻּגַּ֥ד לְשָׁא֖וּל לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד בְּנָי֖וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.told to Saul (cmp) there! David \[is\].at Naioth in (the) Ramah

*JPS 1917:* And it was told Saul, saying: 'Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.'

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[1 Samuel 19:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.19.23/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שָׁ֔ם אֶל־נָי֖וֹת בָּרָמָ֑ה וַתְּהִי֩ עָלָ֨יו גַּם־ה֜וּא ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א עַד־בֹּא֖וֹ בְּנָי֥וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went there to Naioth in (the) Ramah and it.was on him also he the.spirit of.God and he.went steadily.(go) and he.prophesied until came he at Naioth in (the) Ramah

*JPS 1917:* And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah; and the spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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