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נְוָלוּ

nevalu · dunghill, heap of rubble

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H5122 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

nevalu (נְוָלוּ) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dunghill, heap of rubble”.

An Aramaic word of uncertain sense: a heap of rubble or a dunghill.

How to say it

ne·va·lu

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A place of refuse and waste.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • dunghill ×2
  • heap of rubble ×1

Where it appears

  • Ezra 6:11

    And by me an order is given that for any man who changes this decree, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and, lifted up, he shall be nailed to it; and his house shall be made a heap of rubble for this.

  • Daniel 2:5

    The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be made into pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.

  • Daniel 3:29

    And from me is made a decree that any people, nation, or language that says anything amiss against their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into pieces, and its house shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other Elah who is able to rescue like this.”