What does נְהִי mean in the Bible?
נְהִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an elegy".
Hebrew · H5092
נְהִי
An elegy
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נְהִי H5092
What does נְהִי mean in the Bible?
נְהִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an elegy".
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Questions this entry answers
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 lament 1× Jeremiah 9:18
and wailing 1× Jeremiah 9:10
lamentation 1× Micah 2:4
mourning 1× Jeremiah 31:15
of wailing 1× Jeremiah 9:19
to wail 1× Jeremiah 9:20
Show sample aligned rows
Jeremiah 9:10 וָנֶ֗הִי to and wailing Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 9:18 נֶ֑הִי to a lament Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 9:19 נְהִ֛י to of wailing Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 9:20 נֶ֔הִי to to wail Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 31:15 נְהִי֙ to mourning Noun - masculine singular Amos 5:16 נֶֽהִי׃ to . . . Noun - masculine singular Micah 2:4 נְהִ֤י to lamentation Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Jeremiah 9:10
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Jeremiah 5 Amos 1 Micah 1
Source forms
וָנֶ֗הִי 1x wā·ne·hî Jeremiah 9:10
נְהִ֛י 1x nə·hî Jeremiah 9:19
נְהִי֙ 1x nə·hî Jeremiah 31:15
נְהִ֤י 1x nə·hî Micah 2:4
נֶ֑הִי 1x ne·hî Jeremiah 9:18
נֶ֔הִי 1x ne·hî Jeremiah 9:20
נֶֽהִי׃ 1x ne·hî Amos 5:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 6x Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 9:19, Jeremiah 9:20, Jeremiah 31:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Jeremiah 9:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. an elegy
Source Gloss
an elegy
Extended definition Source: 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:
נָהָה H5091
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