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# נָאוֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5000

**comely** — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

comely [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָאוֶה: adj. comely, seemly [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. comely, seemly;—נ׳ m. Ct 2:14 + 3 times; f. נָאוָה ψ 33:1 + 4 times, נָוָה Je 6:2;— comely, beautiful, of woman Ct 1:5; 6:4 (‖ יָפָה); of face 2:14 (מַרְאֶה); so נָוָה Je 6:2 (fig. of Jerus.; ‖ מְעֻנָּגָה); of mouth Ct 4:3 (‖ שְׂפָתוֹת). seemly, of praise תְּהִלָּה ψ 33:1; 147:1; subj. שְׂפַת־יֶתֶר Pr 17:7 (cf. Ct 4:3); תַּעֲנוּג 19:10; כָּבוֹד 26:1. So also ψ 93:5 Mass (anom. fem.) v. \[נאה\] supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] suitable (5); \[is\] lovely (2); lovely (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 6:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.2/#tree)

הַנָּוָה֙ וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה דָּמִ֖יתִי בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* the.lovely \[one\] and the.dainty \[one\] I.resemble the.daughter of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

[Psalms 33:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.1/#tree)

רַנְּנ֣וּ צַ֭דִּיקִים בַּֽיהוָ֑ה לַ֝יְשָׁרִ֗ים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* shout.for.joy O.righteous.\[people\] in Yahweh for.(the) upright \[people\] \[is\].suitable praise

*JPS 1917:* Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5000.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5000/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).