Word Study · Strong's H5299 · Hebrew

נָפָה

naphah

naw-faw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nâphâh

“a height”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a height; also a sieve

Rendered in the KJV as

border, coast, region, sieve.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְּנָ֣פַת1
וּבְנָפ֥וֹת1

How it is rendered · 2

and on [the] heights of1
in a sieve of1

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

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/R/Ncfpc · 1
HR/Ncfsc · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 11:2וּבְנָפ֥וֹתuvenafotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;here: and on [the] heights of

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 30:28בְּנָ֣פַתbenafatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.here: in a sieve of

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