STRONGS NUMBER H5116


Word Summary
naveh: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Original Word: נָוֶה
Transliteration: naveh
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-veh')
Part of Speech: noun masculine; Adjective
Short Definition: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Meaning: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Strong's Concordance
comely, dwelling place, fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried

Or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}; from navah; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den) -- comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.

see HEBREW navah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5116. naveh

I. נָוֶהnoun masculineIsaiah 27:10 abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute 27:10 +; construct נְוֵהExodus 15:13 +; נְוַתJob 8:6 (as if from נָוָה‎; or read נְוֵה‎ ?); suffix נָָֽוְךָ5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ2 Samuel 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶםJeremiah 49:20; Ezekiel 34:14 (compare Sta§ 351 c.), נְוֵהֶןJeremiah 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן‎ van d. H., plural according to Köii, 1, p. 77); —

1. a. adode, of sheep 2 Samuel 7:8 ("" הַצּאֹן מֵאַחַר‎) = 1 Chronicles 17:1; Isaiah 65:10 ("" רָבַץ‎); of people under figure of sheep Jeremiah 23:3; 49:20 = 50:45, 19; Ezekiel 34:14 (twice in verse) ("" מִרְעֶה רָבַץ,‎); of camels 25:5 ("" צאֹן מִרְבַּץ‎).

b. adode of shepherds Jeremiah 33:12 (+ צאֹן מַרְבִּיצִים‎).

c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (שָׁתוּל‎) as tree Hosea 9:13.

2 habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; 8:6 (צִדְקֶ֑ךָ נְוַת‎, see above), Proverbs 21:20; "" אֹהֶלJob 5:24; 18:15; "" בַּיִתProverbs 3:33; "" רֵבֶץ24:15; of ׳י‎ in Canaan 2 Samuel 15:25; of Can. as place of ׳י‎s sanctuary, ׳נ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָExodus 15:13; figurative of ׳י‎ himself, ׳נ צֶדֶקJeremiah 50:7; habit. of nation 10:25; 25:30; Isaiah 32:18 (׳נ שָׁלוֺם‎), Psalm 79:7; = city Isaiah 27:10, especially Jerusalem 33:20 (׳נ שַׁאֲנָן‎, "" אֹהֶל‎); ׳נ אֵיתָןJeremiah 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, ׳נ צֶדֶק31:23 ("" הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר‎). Twice of habitation of jackals Isaiah 34:13; 35:7 (both "" חָצִיר‎).

II. [נָוֶה‎] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) בַּיִת נְוַתPsalm 68:13 she that is adiding at home. — נָוָהJeremiah 6:2 see נָאוֶה‎ below [נָאָה‎].