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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נָאָהH4999
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 Itpastures4×Psalms 23:2, Joel 1:19, Joel 1:20, Joel 2:22
The pastures3×Psalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Amos 1:2
and the pastures1×Jeremiah 23:10
meadows1×Jeremiah 25:37
pasture1×Jeremiah 9:10
Show sample aligned rows
Psalms 23:2בִּנְא֣וֹתtopasturesPreposition-b | Noun - feminine plural constructPsalms 65:12נְא֣וֹתtoThe pasturesNoun - feminine plural constructPsalms 83:12נְא֣וֹתtothe pasturesNoun - feminine plural constructJeremiah 9:10נְא֤וֹתtopastureNoun - feminine plural constructJeremiah 23:10נְא֣וֹתtoand the pasturesNoun - feminine plural constructJeremiah 25:37נְא֣וֹתtomeadowsNoun - feminine plural constructJoel 1:19נְא֣וֹתtopasturesNoun - feminine plural constructJoel 1:20נְא֥וֹתtopasturesNoun - feminine plural constructJoel 2:22נְא֣וֹתtopasturesNoun - feminine plural constructAmos 1:2נְא֣וֹתtothe pasturesNoun - feminine plural construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowPsalms 23:2
Aligned rows10
Books represented4
Psalms3Jeremiah3Joel3Amos1
Source forms
נְא֣וֹת7xnə·’ō·wṯPsalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Jeremiah 23:10, Jeremiah 25:37
בִּנְא֣וֹת1xbin·’ō·wṯPsalms 23:2
נְא֤וֹת1xnə·’ō·wṯJeremiah 9:10
נְא֥וֹת1xnə·’ō·wṯJoel 1:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct9xPsalms 65:12, Psalms 83:12, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 23:10
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct1xPsalms 23:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a home ; figuratively, a pasture
Source Gloss
a home ; figuratively, a pasture
Extended definitionSource: 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.
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