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STRONGS NUMBER H5045
Transliteration: negeb
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-gheb)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: south country, the Negeb, south
Meaning: south country, the Negeb, south
Word Summary
negeb: south country, the Negeb, south
Original Word: נֶגֶבTransliteration: negeb
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-gheb)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: south country, the Negeb, south
Meaning: south country, the Negeb, south
Strong's Concordance
south country, side, From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine) -- south (country, side, -ward).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5045. negeb
נֶ֫גֶב noun [masculine]] south-country, Negeb, south (compare LagBN 78); — ׳נ absolute Genesis 20:1 +; construct Joshua 11:2 +; נֶ֫גְבָּה Genesis 13:14 +; —
1 south-country, i.e.
a. specifically the region south of Judah, boundaries not exactly defined (see cities in it Joshua 15:21-32), but with from hills south of Hebron to Kadesh, הַנּ ׳אֶרֶץ Genesis 20:1 (E), 24:62 (J), Numbers 13:29 (JE), Judges 1:15; Joshua 15:19; almost = proper name הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה ׳הַנּ,, Genesis 12:9; 13:1; Numbers 13:17, 22; 21:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), 1:7; Joshua 10:40; 11:16; 12:8 (all D), Numbers 33:40; Joshua 15:21 (both P), Judges 1:9; 1 Samuel 20:41 (but read הָאַרְגָּב, i.e. the mound ᵐ5 (ἀργαβ) Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS), Jeremiah 13:19; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Obadiah 20; Psalm 126:4 (simile), Ezekiel 21:3a (= Judah); ׳נ (no article) Genesis 13:3 (J), 1 Samuel 30:1; Isaiah 30:6 (compare Di); of particular districts in the Negeb: ׳נ עֲרָד Judges 1:16 (compare GFM), ׳נ יהוּדָה etc. 1 Samuel 27:10 (3 t. in verse) (compare Dr), 30:14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 24:7; 2 Chronicles 28:18; see also Zechariah 14:10; נ ׳רָמַת Joshua 19:8, נ ׳רָמוֺת 1 Samuel 30:27; collective with plural verb = people of south-land Obadiah 19..
b. land south of Babylon Isaiah 21:1 (compare Di).
c. = Egypt Daniel 11:5-6, 9, 14, 15, 25 (twice in verse); 11:29, 40 (see Meinh Bev Behrm, compare 11:43).
2 hence south (opposed to north, east, west) Genesis 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Joshua 17:10 (P), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 26:15, 17 (compare 26:14; 26:16; 26:18), Ezekiel 21:3b; 21:9; Daniel 8:4, 9, further 1 Kings 7:39; Zechariah 14:4; תֵּימָ֫נָה נֶ֫גְבָּה מְּאַת Exodus 26:18, compare 27:9; 36:23; 38:9; 40:24 (of south side of tabernacle); נ ׳שַׁ֫עַר Ezekiel 46:9 (twice in verse); נ ׳מְּאַת south side or border Numbers 34:3; 35:5; Joshua 18:15 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19, cf 47:19; 48:16, 28, 33; נ ׳גְּבוּל south boundary Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2, 4; 18:19 (all P), compare לְ מִנֶּ֫גֶב (הַגְּבוּל) on the south of Numbers 34:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:3 (׳אֶלמִֿנּ לְ), 15:3; 15:7; 18:3 (all P), Judges 21:19; ׳מִנּ absolute on the south Joshua 18:5 (JE), 19:34 (P), 1 Samuel 14:5; Ezekiel 40:2; מִנּ הַיְבוּסִי ׳כֶּ֫תֶף Joshua 15:8, compare 18:13, 16 (all P); נֶ֫גְבָּה 15:1-2, 18:14 (twice in verse); 18:19 (all P), 2 Chronicles 4:10; Ezekiel 21:2 (Co; HCT נגב) 48:10, 17; לְ נֶ֫גְבָּה Joshua 17:9 (P). — For ׳נ בִּנְּרוֺת 11:2 read נֶגֶד (ᵐ5 Di).