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title: נָתִיב — path · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָתִיב (lemma:נָתִיב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: path. BDB 1906: n.m. path, pathway. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָתִיב

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«נָתִיב» 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:נָתִיב · **BDB:** נָתִיב

### Glosses

\[the\].path (2); a.path (2); the.path (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

path [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b4_5d9_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. path, pathway [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b4_5d9_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 28:7 path, pathway (as raised);—abs. נ׳ Jb 18:10 + 3 times; cstr. נְתִיב ψ 119:35; sf. 3 fs. נְתִיבָהֿ Pr 12:28 (si vera l., v. infr.; on om. of Mappik v. Ges§ 91 e, v. infr.);—path Jb 18:10 (fig.), 28:7; 41:24 (track); ψ 78:50 (fig.); נְתִיב מִצְוֹתֶיךָ ψ 119:35 the path of thy commands; דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה אַל־מָוֶת Pr 12:28 the journey of her pathway is no-death! (‖ בְּאֹרַח צְדָקָה חַיִּים) Ew Be De, v. אַל p. 39 a supr.; others read אֶל־, and eithr transl. נ׳ by-paths (Hi Str), or substitute a syn. of ‘wickedness’ (cf. Now Frankenb; PerlesAnalekten. 87 f. נִתְעָבִים after Levy ChWB i. 28 b).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 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 «נָתִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5ea_5b4_5d9_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.24/)

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אַ֭חֲרָיו יָאִ֣יר נָתִ֑יב יַחְשֹׁ֖ב תְּה֣וֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* behind it it.makes.shine a.path anyone.considers the.deep to grey.hair

*JPS 1917:* He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

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[Psalms 119:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.35/)

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הַ֭דְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִ֣יב מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ כִּי־ב֥וֹ חָפָֽצְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* lead me in the.path your.commandments your (dm) in it I.delight

*JPS 1917:* Make me to tread in the path of Thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

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