What does נְהִי mean in the Bible?
נְהִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an elegy".
Hebrew · H5092
נְהִי
An elegy
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נְהִיH5092
What does נְהִי mean in the Bible?
נְהִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an elegy".
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How does the BSB render H5092?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), a lament (1), and wailing (1), lamentation (1), mourning (1).
Where does נְהִי appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jeremiah 9:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (5), Amos (1), Micah (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. . .1×Amos 5:16
a lament1×Jeremiah 9:18
and wailing1×Jeremiah 9:10
lamentation1×Micah 2:4
mourning1×Jeremiah 31:15
of wailing1×Jeremiah 9:19
to wail1×Jeremiah 9:20
Show sample aligned rows
Jeremiah 9:10וָנֶ֗הִיtoand wailingConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularJeremiah 9:18נֶ֑הִיtoa lamentNoun - masculine singularJeremiah 9:19נְהִ֛יtoof wailingNoun - masculine singularJeremiah 9:20נֶ֔הִיtoto wailNoun - masculine singularJeremiah 31:15נְהִי֙tomourningNoun - masculine singularAmos 5:16נֶֽהִי׃to. . .Noun - masculine singularMicah 2:4נְהִ֤יtolamentationNoun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJeremiah 9:10
Aligned rows7
Books represented3
Jeremiah5Amos1Micah1
Source forms
וָנֶ֗הִי1xwā·ne·hîJeremiah 9:10
נְהִ֛י1xnə·hîJeremiah 9:19
נְהִי֙1xnə·hîJeremiah 31:15
נְהִ֤י1xnə·hîMicah 2:4
נֶ֑הִי1xne·hîJeremiah 9:18
נֶ֔הִי1xne·hîJeremiah 9:20
נֶֽהִי׃1xne·hîAmos 5:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular6xJeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 9:19, Jeremiah 9:20, Jeremiah 31:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular1xJeremiah 9:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. an elegy
Source Gloss
an elegy
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
an elegy BDB: wailing Usage: lamentation, wailing.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נְהִי is built from this root:
נָהָהH5091
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