Lexicon / H5012
נָבָא
na.va
  • to prophesy
  • prophesy

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to prophesy

1) to prophesy

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to prophesy

1a1a) under influence of divine spirit

1a1b) of false prophets

1b)(Hithpael)

1b1) to prophesy

1b1a) under influence of divine spirit

1b1b) of false prophets

Aramaic equivalent: ne.va (נבא "to prophesy" H5013)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: prophesy

נָבָא vb. denom prophesy Niph prophesy under influence of divine spirit of false prophets heathen prophets cf. . Hithp prophesy under influence of divine spirit of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state of false prophets . .(in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions)