H5091: נָהָה
nâhâh · pronounced naw-haw' · “to wail”
Definition
to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)
KJV translates it as: lament, wail.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to wail, lament
1b) (Niphal) to go mourning after
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5091 is translated
- they mourned ×1
- wail ×1
- he will wail ×1
Bible verses with H5091 (nâhâh)
Nâhâh appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Samuel 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
- Ezekiel 32:18
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
- Micah 2:4
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.