Lexical Definition

‎נָבַב‎ nâbab (naw-bab') be hollow ^H:V
a primitive root

hollow, vain.

• to pierce
• to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish

1) (Qal) to hollow out
1a) hollowed (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָבַב‎] verb hollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu, flute, Dl^{HWB 443}, Late Hebrew ‎אַבּוּב‎ id., Aramaic ‎אַבּוּבָא‎ id.; hence also Arabic knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; see Hoffm^{LCB 1882, 321} Frä²³ Fl in Levy^{TW i. 417}); —

Qal Passive participle ‎נָבוּב‎ Job 11:12; Jer 52:21 ‎נְבוּב‎ Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle ‎נְבוּב לֻחוֺת‎ Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Jer 52:21 figurative ‎אִישׁ נָבוּב‎ Job 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

‎נֹ֫בֶה‎ see ‎נֹב‎.

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