נָוָה
nava · praise; dwell
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5115 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nava (נָוָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “praise; dwell”.
Praise, celebrate with beauty (Exodus 15:2). In Habakkuk 2:5, stay at home, remain.
How to say it
na·va
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
- To celebrate God for his beauty.
- To stay quiet in one's place without leaving; to last.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I will praise him ×1
- remain ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 15:2
My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation. This is my El, and I will praise him; the Elohim of my father, and I will exalt him.
- Habakkuk 2:5
And moreover, wine betrays; the arrogant man does not remain, who widens his throat like Sheol, and he is like death and is not satisfied, and he gathers to himself all the nations and assembles to himself all the peoples.