Definition
a primitive root; to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)
Traditional renderings: lament, wail.
Traditional renderings: lament, wail.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָהָה:
- ἐπιβλέπωepiblepō“to look upon/at”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- 1 Samuel 7:2וַיִּנָּה֛וּ · mournfullyAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
- Ezekiel 32:18נְהֵ֛ה · wail“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
- Micah 2:4וְנָהָ֨ה · and taunt youIn that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”