Hebrew verb · H5243
נָמַל
namalnaw-mal'
to languish; to cut
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâmal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5243is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5243
to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
The King James renders it: (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
namal is rendered "to languish; to cut". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to languish".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Job 14:2וַיִּמָּ֑ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to languish, and to cut.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to languishStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. |
| to cutStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he withered1
- it withers1
- they will wither1
- they wither1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיִּמָּ֑ל1
- יִמַּ֥ל1
- יִמָּ֑לוּ1
- יִמָּֽלוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNw3ms1Hc/VNw3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVNi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
Job
three uses
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- וַיִּמָּ֑לvaiyimalHc/VNw3mstagged: and he withered
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- יִמַּ֥לyimalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it withers
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
- יִמָּֽלוּ׃yimaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they wither
Psalms
one use
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- יִמָּ֑לוּyimaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will wither
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.