Word Study · Strong's H5091 · Hebrew

נָהָה

nahah

naw-haw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nâhâh

“to groan, i.e. bewail”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)

Rendered in the KJV as

lament, wail.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

וַיִּנָּה֛וּ1
וְנָהָ֨ה1
נְהֵ֛ה1

How it is rendered · 3

and he will wail1
and they mourned1
wail1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

Hc/VNw3mp1
Hc/Vqq3ms1
verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

Hc/VNw3mp · 1
Hc/Vqq3ms · 1
HVqv2ms · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 3 · 33%
Ezekiel1 of 3 · 33%
Micah1 of 3 · 33%

1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 7:2וַיִּנָּה֛וּvaiyinahuHc/VNw3mpAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.here: and they mourned

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 32:18נְהֵ֛הnehehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:here: wail

Micah1 occurrence

Micah 2:4וְנָהָ֨הvenahahHc/Vqq3msIn that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”here: and he will wail

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