Hebrew · H4999, H4057 · unreviewed

נְאֹות מִדְבָּר

A home ; figuratively, a pasture · a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert ; also speech (including its organs)

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נָאָה H4999 a home ; figuratively, a pasture
מִדְבָּר H4057 a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert ; also speech (including its organs)
Pronunciation midbar
Open grazing land metonymically shifted to wilderness; also designates the mouth as an organ of speech.
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What does נְאֹות מִדְבָּר (nĕʾôṯ miḏbār) mean in the Bible?

נָאָה · מִדְבָּר is a Hebrew word meaning "pastures of the wilderness".

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Meaning

pastures of the wilderness
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