Lexical Definition

‎נוּן‎ nûwn (noon) to propagate ^H:V
a primitive root

be continued.

• to resprout, i.e. propagate by shoots
• figuratively, to be perpetual

1) (Niphal) continue, to increase, propagate
2) (Hiphil) continue, to increase, propagate

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נוּן‎, ‎נִין‎] verb propagate, increase (si vera lectio) ( > denominative from ‎נין‎ Hup-Now SS; — Late Hebrew ‎נוּן‎ = fish, so Aramaic ‎נוּנָא‎, , Assyrian nunu; —

Qal or Hiph`il ?) Imperfect ‎ינין‎ Kt; > Niph`al ‎ינּוֺן‎ Qr Ps 72:17 let his name have increase (or, if Niph`al, be propagated, spread); but dubious, Vrss perhaps ‎יִכּוֺן‎ be established, endure.

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