Lexical Definition

‎נָוֶה‎ nâveh (naw-veh') pasture ^H:N-M
or (feminine) נָוָה nâvâh (naw-vaw'); from ‎נָוָה‎

comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.

• (adjectively) at home
• hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely
• also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)

n m
1) abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture
1a) abode (of sheep)
1b) abode (of shepherds)
1c) meadow
1d) habitation
adj
2) dwelling, abiding

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נָוֶה‎ noun masculine^{Isa 27:10} abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute Isa 27:10 +; construct ‎נְוֵה‎ Exod 15:13 +; ‎נְוַת‎ Job 8:6 (as if from ‎נָוָה‎; or read ‎נְוֵה‎ ?); suffix ‎נָָֽוְךָ‎ Job 5:24, ‎נָוֵ֫הוּ‎ 2Sam 15:25 +, ‎נְוֵהֶם‎ Jer 49:20; Ezek 34:14 (compare Sta^{§ 351 c}.), ‎נְוֵהֶן‎ Jer 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; ‎נְוֵיהֶן‎ van d. H., plural according to Kö^{ii, 1, p. 77}); —

1. a. adode, of sheep 2Sam 7:8 (|| ‎מֵאַחַר הַצּאֹן‎) = 1Chr 17:1; Isa 65:10 (|| ‎רָבַץ‎); of people under figure of sheep Jer 23:3; Jer 49:20 = Jer 50:45; Jer 50:19; Ezek 34:14 (twice in verse) (|| ‎רָבַץ‎, ‎מִרְעֶה‎); of camels Ezek 25:5 (|| ‎מִרְבַּץ צאֹן‎).
b. adode of shepherds Jer 33:12 (+ ‎מַרְבִּיצִים צאֹן‎).
c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (‎שָׁתוּל‎) as tree Hos 9:13.

2. habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; Job 8:6 (‎נְוַת צִדְקֶ֑ךָ‎, see above), Prov 21:20 || ‎אֹהֶל‎ Job 5:24; Job 18:15 || ‎בַּיִת‎ Prov 3:33 || ‎רֵבֶץ‎ Prov 24:15 of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in Canaan 2Sam 15:25 of Can. as place of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s sanctuary, ‎קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Exod 15:13 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ himself, ‎צֶדֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 50:7 habit. of nation Jer 10:25; Jer 25:30; Isa 32:18 (‎שָׁלוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎), Ps 79:7 = city Isa 27:10, especially Jerusalem Isa 33:20 (‎שַׁאֲנָן‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, || ‎אֹהֶל‎); ‎אֵיתָן‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = Jer 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, ‎צֶדֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 31:23 (|| ‎הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎). Twice of habitation of jackals Isa 34:13; Isa 35:7 (both || ‎חָצִיר‎).

II. [‎נָוֶה‎] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) ‎נְוַת בַּיִת‎ Ps 68:13* she that is adiding at home. — ‎נָוָה‎ Jer 6:2 see ‎נָאוֶה‎ below [‎נָאָה‎].

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