Lexical Definition

‎נֹגַהּ‎ nôgahh (no'-gah) brightness ^H:N-F
from ‎נָגַהּ‎

bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.

• brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

1) brightness

See Greek: ἀνατολή · λαμπρότης · φέγγος · φῶς

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: no.gah (‎נ‎ֹ֫‎ג‎ַ‎ה‎ּ "daylight" נֹגַהּ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נֹ֫גַהּ‎ noun feminine^{Hab 3:4} brightness; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Amos 5:10 +; construct Isa 4:5 +; suffix ‎נָגְהָם‎ Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15* — brightness of a (clear, sunshiny) day Amos 5:10 (|| ‎אוֺר‎; opposed to ‎אָפֵל‎, ‎חשֶׁךְ‎), 2Sam 23:4 (‎מִמָּטָר‎ after rain); so figurative of Zion's dawning, ‎זַרְחֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 60:3 (|| ‎אוֺר‎); of her righteousness ‎כַּנֹּגַהּ‎ Isa 62:1 (with article only here and Ezek 1:28), || ‎כְּלַפִּיד יִבְעָ֑ר‎; of moon Isa 60:19, of stars Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15* of theophany 2Sam 22:13 = Ps 18:13* (in storm); compare Ezek 1:4; Ezek 1:27; Ezek 1:28, ‎׳‎‎כְּבוֺד י‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ezek 10:4 ‎כאור‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Hab 3:4 ‎לָאֵשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ezek 1:13, ‎אֵשׁ לֶהָבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 4:5 ‎בְּרַק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎חֲנִיתֶ֑ךָ‎ Hab 3:11 (of glitter of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s spear; || ‎אוֺר חִצֶּיךָ‎); of individual, ‎לוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְאֵין נ‎ Isa 50:10 (figurative of distress || ‎חֲשֵׁכִים‎); so ‎׳‎‎וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֺר נ‎ Prov 4:18 the path of righteous men is like a light of brightness.

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