What does נָאָה mean in the Bible?
נָאָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a home ; figuratively, a pasture".
Hebrew · H4999
נָאָה
A home ; figuratively, a pasture
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נָאָה H4999
What does נָאָה mean in the Bible?
נָאָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a home ; figuratively, a pasture".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4999?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pastures (4), The pastures (3), and the pastures (1), meadows (1), pasture (1).
Where does נָאָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Psalms 23:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (3), Joel (3), Psalms (3), Amos (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It pastures 4× Psalms 23:2, Joel 1:19, Joel 1:20, Joel 2:22
The pastures 3× Psalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Amos 1:2
and the pastures 1× Jeremiah 23:10
meadows 1× Jeremiah 25:37
pasture 1× Jeremiah 9:10
Show sample aligned rows
Psalms 23:2 בִּנְא֣וֹת to pastures Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Psalms 65:12 נְא֣וֹת to The pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Psalms 83:12 נְא֣וֹת to the pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Jeremiah 9:10 נְא֤וֹת to pasture Noun - feminine plural construct Jeremiah 23:10 נְא֣וֹת to and the pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Jeremiah 25:37 נְא֣וֹת to meadows Noun - feminine plural construct Joel 1:19 נְא֣וֹת to pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Joel 1:20 נְא֥וֹת to pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Joel 2:22 נְא֣וֹת to pastures Noun - feminine plural construct Amos 1:2 נְא֣וֹת to the pastures Noun - feminine plural construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Psalms 23:2
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 4
Psalms 3 Jeremiah 3 Joel 3 Amos 1
Source forms
נְא֣וֹת 7x nə·’ō·wṯ Psalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Jeremiah 23:10, Jeremiah 25:37
בִּנְא֣וֹת 1x bin·’ō·wṯ Psalms 23:2
נְא֤וֹת 1x nə·’ō·wṯ Jeremiah 9:10
נְא֥וֹת 1x nə·’ō·wṯ Joel 1:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct 9x Psalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 23:10
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Psalms 23:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a home ; figuratively, a pasture
Source Gloss
a home ; figuratively, a pasture
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a home; figuratively, a pasture BDB: pasture Usage: habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נָאָה is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain