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# נְדִיבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5082

**nobility** — used 4 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

nobility [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְדִיבָה: n.f. nobility, nobleness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. nobility, nobleness;—sf. נְדִבָתִי Jb 30:15; pl. נְדִיבוֹת Is 32:8(×2);— nobility of rank, honour Jb 30:15. pl. = noble things as counselled by the נדיב in character Is 32:8(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: noble deeds (2); dignity (1); willing (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 32:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.32.8/#tree)

וְנָדִ֖יב נְדִיב֣וֹת יָעָ֑ץ וְה֖וּא עַל־נְדִיב֥וֹת יָקֽוּם׃פ

*Word for word:* and a.noble.\[person\] noble.deeds he.plans and he on noble.deeds he.stands

*JPS 1917:* But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

[Psalms 51:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.14/#tree)

הָשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֭י שְׂשׂ֣וֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וְר֖וּחַ נְדִיבָ֣ה תִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* restore to me the.joy your.salvation your and a.spirit willing you will.sustain.me

*JPS 1917:* Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5082.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5082/): 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).