Nahah נָהָה

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Nahah
נָהָה
Transliterationnahah
Strong's numberH5091
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto wail
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent in1 Samuel (1)

Nahah (Hebrew נָהָה, Strong's H5091) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wail”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to wail, lament
1a) (Qal) to wail, lament
1b) (Niphal) to go mourning after

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVlamented (1), wail (1), lament (1)
BSBwail (1), taunt you (1)

Verses

Every verse with Nahah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

Ezekiel

Micah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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