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# נָבַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5014

**hollow out** — used 2 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

hollow out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָבַב: vb. hollow out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hollow out (cf. Assyrian imbubu, flute, DlHWB 443, NH אַבּוּב id., Aramaic ܐܰܒܽܘܒܳܐ אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic أَنْبُوبٌ knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; vid. HoffmLCB 1882, 321 Frä 23 Fl in LevyTW i. 417);— Pt. pass. נָבוּב Jb 11:12 Je 52:21; נְבוּב Ex 27:8; 38:7;—hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabern. נְבוּב לֻחוֹת Ex 27:8; 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Je 52:21; fig. אִישׁ נָבוּב Jb 11:12; i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hollow (2).

## In the verses

[Exodus 27:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.8/#tree)

נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶרְאָ֥ה אֹתְךָ֛ בָּהָ֖ר כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* hollow of.boards you.will.make it just as he.showed you on the mountain so they.will.do

*JPS 1917:* Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

[Exodus 38:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.7/#tree)

וַיָּבֵ֨א אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֜ים בַּטַּבָּעֹ֗ת עַ֚ל צַלְעֹ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ לָשֵׂ֥את אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶ֑ם נְב֥וּב לֻחֹ֖ת עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.put (et) the poles in the rings on the.sides of the.altar to carry it by them hollow of.boards he.made it

*JPS 1917:* And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5014.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5014/): 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).