Lexical Summary naba: to prophesy Original Word: נָבָאTransliteration: naba Phonetic Spelling: (naw-baw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to prophesy Meaning: to prophesy, speak, by inspiration Strong's Concordance prophesying, make self a prophet A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse) -- prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5012. naba [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); — Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 7t.; 2 masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ 20:6 2t.; נִבֵּיתָ 26:9; 1singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 3t.; נִבָּ֑אוּ 23:21; Imperfect3masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8-9t. Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא 7:15 27t.; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא 7:13; suffix הִנָָּֽבְאוֺ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָָּֽבְאֹתוֺ 13:4, + 4 t. Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 20t. Participle; — 1 prophesy under influence of divine spirit: a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1-2, 3. b. the word of ׳י: absolute Amos 2:12; 3:8 (emended יחרד We Now needless), 7:12-13, Joel 3:1; Jeremiah 19:14; 26:18; 28:9; 32:3; Ezekiel 11:13; 12:27; 21:19; 37:7; 38:17 but especially in phrase וֶאַמַדְתָּ הִנָּבֵא 12:27; 21:14; Ezekiel 21:33; 30:2; 34:2; 36:3; 37:7, 12; 38:14, 17; with accusative Jeremiah 20:1; 25:30; 28:6; followed by עַל against Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 25:13; 26:20; Ezekiel 4:7; 11:4; 13:17; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 34:2; 35:2; 36:6; 38:2; 39:1; unto 37:4; אֶל unto Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 26:11-12, 28:8; Ezekiel 36:1; 37:9; against 6:2; 13:2; 21:2; 21:7; י ׳בְּשֵׁם Jeremiah 11:21; 14:15; 23:25; 26:9. 2 of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; 23:25; 27:10, 14, 16; 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר 5:31; 20:6; 29:9; הַשּׁ ׳נִבְּאֵי 23:26; compare 23:32; with לֵ 14:16; 23:16; 27:15-16, 29:31; 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16. 3 compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8. Hithpa`el Perfect2masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16; 1singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 7t.; 3 masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 5t.; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 9t. Participle; — 1 Prophesy under influence of divine spirit: a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25-26, 27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5-6, 10, 13, in frenzy 19:20-21, (twice in verse); 19:23-24, excited to violence 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26. b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 7; 20:37; י ׳בְּשֵׁם Jeremiah 26:20. 2 of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13. 3 of false prophets 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:17. נבא (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew id., but especially BewerAmos. J. Semitic Lang., Jan. 1902 who compare Assyrian nabû, tear away, lead forcibly, hence prophets as (figuratively) carried away by divine frenzy, ecstasy, compare 1 Samuel 10:6, 10; 19:20, 24). |