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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #05299 - נָפָה

Transliteration

nâphâh

Phonetics

naw-faw'

Origin

from (H5130) in the sense of lifting

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

1331b,1330a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a lofty place, height

2) sieve, winnowing implement

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

HCS (0)

HCS (4)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (4)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (1)

Isaiah 1

WEB (4)

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1316) p n (נפ NP) AC: Shake CO: Sieve AB: ?: The pictograph n is a picture of seed, the p is a picture of a mouth. Combined these mean "seed in the mouth". A sieve is a tool used to separate out materials such as seeds by placing the material in the sieve, lifting it up and shaking it.

A) p n (נפ NP) AC: High CO: Sieve AB: ?

N^f1 ) e p n (נפה NPH) - I. Sieve: II. Valley:As a sieve. KJV (4): border, coast, region, sieve - Strongs: H5299 (נָפָה)

N^f2) t p n (נפת NPT) - Heights: KJV (1): country - Strongs: H5316 (נָפוֹת)

J) p f n (נופ NWP) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: ?

V) p f n (נופ NWP) - Shake: KJV (37): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) wave, shake, offer, lift, move, perfume, send, sift, strike - Strongs: H5130 (נוּף)

N^m) p f n (נופ NWP) - Elevation: KJV (1): situation - Strongs: H5131 (נוֹף)

i^f1) e p f n t (תנופה TNWPH) - Shake: KJV (30): wave offering, wave, offering, shaking - Strongs: H8573 (תְּנוּפָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [נָפָה] noun feminine sieve or other winnowing implement, Di Du Schwinge, Che^Hpt fan (as swung); — only construct לַהֲנָפָה גוֺיִם בְּנָ֫פַת שָׁוְא Isaiah 30:28 to swing nations in a sieve of worthlessness.

II. [נָפָה] noun feminine height; — only construct in combination נָפַת דּוֺר Joshua 12:23 = דּאֹר׳נ 1 Kings 4:11, plural construct ׳נָפוֺת ד Joshua 11:2; compare II.דּוֺד, and Di^{Joshua 11:2}; see also [נֶפֶת].

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָפָה f. (from the root נוּף)

(1) a lofty place (compare נוֹף), hence נָפַת דּוֹר, נָפוֹת דּוֹר Joshua 11:2, 12:23 1 Kings 4:11 and ellipt. דּאֹר Joshua 17:11 pr.n. of a maritime town near mount Carmel.

(2) a sieve, Isaiah 30:28 compare הֵנִיף.

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List of Word Forms

בְּנָ֣פַת בנפת וּבְנָפ֥וֹת ובנפות לְנָפַ֥ת לנפת נָ֣פַת נפת bə·nā·p̄aṯ beNafat bənāp̄aṯ lə·nā·p̄aṯ lenaFat lənāp̄aṯ nā·p̄aṯ Nafat nāp̄aṯ ū·ḇə·nā·p̄ō·wṯ ūḇənāp̄ōwṯ uvenaFot