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)