Lexical Definition

‎נָדַב‎ nâdab (naw-dab') be willing ^H:V
a primitive root

offer freely, be (give, make, offer self) willing(-ly).

• to impel
• hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously

1) to incite, impel, make willing
1a) (Qal) to incite, impel
1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to volunteer
1b2) to offer free-will offerings

See Greek: δοκέω · δυνάστης · ἑκούσιον · φέρω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.dav (‎נ‎ְ‎ד‎ַ‎ב‎ "be willing" נְדַב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָדַב‎ verb incite, impel (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic call impel, incite ( be noble, willing, generous is denominative from [ compare] ‎נָדִיב‎ according to Ba^{NB § 125 e}); VIII. ready, willing; Assyrian nidbu, freewill-offering Dl^{HWB 448}; Aramaic ‎נְדַב‎ be willing Pa`el, Ithpa`al; Zinjirli ‎נדב‎ inciting, instigation DHM^{Sendsch. 60}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נָדַב‎ Exod 35:29 3 feminine singular ‎נָָֽדְבָה‎ vExod 35:21 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יִדְּבֶנּוּ‎ Exod 25:2 — ‎אֲשֶׁר נָדַב לִבּוֺ‎ Exod 25:2 whose heart incited compare Exod 35:29 subject ‎רוּחַ‎ Exod 35:21 (all P). Hithpa`el Perfect 1 singular ‎הִתְנַדַּבְתִּי‎ 1Chr 29:27 3 masculine plural ‎הִתְנַדְּבוּ‎ Ezra 2:68; 1Chr 29:9 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִתְנַדְּבוּ‎ v1Chr 29:6 Infinitive ‎הִתְנַדֵּב‎ Judg 5:2 + 2 t.; ‎הִתְנַדֶּבֿ‎ 1Chr 29:17 sf ‎הִתְנַדְּבָם‎ v1Chr 29:9 Participle ‎מִתְנַדֵּב‎ Ezra 3:5 + 2.t.; plural ‎מִתְנַדְּבִים‎ Judg 5:9; Neh 11:2 —

1. volunteer for war Judg 5:2; Judg 5:9 for service of other kinds 2Chr 17:16; Neh 11:2.

2. offer freewill-offerings for the first temple 1Chr 29:5; 1Chr 29:6; 1Chr 29:9 (twice in verse); 1Chr 29:14; 1Chr 29:17 (twice in verse); for the second Ezra 1:4; Ezra 2:68; Ezra 3:5 (compare Biblical Aramaic).

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