H5014 — נָבַב

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HebrewnababverbOccurrences: 4TWOT: 1278

Definition / Gloss

nabab (naw-bab') v. 1. to pierce 2. to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish [a primitive root] KJV: hollow, vain.

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KJV Renderings

hollow, vain.

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[נָבַב] verb hollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu , flute, Dl^{HWB 443}, Late Hebrew אַבּוּב id., Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3142] אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic [untranscribed source text 3143] knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed ; see Hoffm^{LCB 1882, 321} Frä²³ Fl in Levy^{TW i. 417}); —

Qal Passive participle נָבוּב Job 11:12; Jer 52:21 נְבוּב Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle נְבוּב לֻחוֺת Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 ( P ); of pillar in temple Jer 52:21 figurative אִישׁ נָבוּב Job 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

נֹ֫בֶה see נֹב .

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