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# נְדָבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5071

**voluntariness** — used 26 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

voluntariness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5071/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְדָבָה: n.f. voluntariness, freewill-offering [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5071/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. voluntariness, freewill-offering;—abs. נ׳ Ex 35:29 + 14 times; cstr. נִדְבַת Dt 16:10; pl. נְדָבוֹת Am 4:5 ψ 68:10; נְדָבֹת 110:3; cstr. נִדְבוֹת 119:108 2 Ch 31:14; sf. נִדְבֹתֶ֫יךָ Dt 12:17 + 4 times sfs.;— voluntariness אֹהֲבֵם נְדָבָה Ho 14:5 I (י׳) will love them freely; עַמְּךָ נְדָבֹת בְּיוֹם חֵילֶ֑ךָ ψ 110:3 thy people will be (all) voluntariness in the day of thy host (be ready to volunteer, v. BrMP 133); גֶּשֶׁם נדבות 68:10 generous (copious) rain; בנדבה 54:7 voluntarily, and adverb. acc. נדבה Dt 23:24 (v. Dr). freewill, voluntary, offering: incl. gifts used in erection and furnishing of tabernacle Ex 35:29; 36:3 (P); for first temple 2 Ch 31:14, second Ezr 1:4; 8:28. incl. עולה and שׁלמים Ez 46:12(×2); prob. also Am. 4:5, נדבות פִי ψ 119:108. usually a זֶבַח for festival meals, at Passover 2 Ch 35:8, Pentecost Dt 16:10, Tabernacles Ezr 3:5 (besides the ritual offerings); disting. from נֶדֶר votive offering Lv 7:16 Nu 15:3; 29:39 (P), Lv 22:18, 21, 23; 23:38 (H), Dt 12:6, 17.—(Verbs used are הביא נ׳ Ex 35:29; 36:3; הקריב נ׳ Lv 22:18; עשׂה נ׳ Nu 15:3 Ez 46:12; נתן נ׳ Lv 23:38 Dt 16:10.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a freewill offering (9); voluntariness (3); your freewill (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 54:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.54.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.54.8/#tree)

בִּנְדָבָ֥ה אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּ֑ךְ א֤וֹדֶה שִּׁמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה כִּי־טֽוֹב׃

*Word for word:* in voluntariness I.will.sacrifice to you I.will.give.thanks.to name your O.Yahweh (dm) \[it.is\].good

*JPS 1917:* With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto Thee; I will give thanks unto Thy name, O LORD, for it is good.

[Psalms 68:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.10/#tree)

גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* rain of.voluntariness(es) you.shed.abroad O.God inheritance your (and) weary you you established.it

*JPS 1917:* A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5071.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5071/): 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).