נְהִי
Used: 7 times · Key: 5092 · BDB: נְהִי
Glosses
a.wailing (2); wailing (2); (of).mourning.song[s] (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
wailing tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
wailing, lamentation, mourning song tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] wailing, lamentation, mourning song;—נ׳ abs. Am 5:16 + 5 times; וָנֶ֑הִי Je 9:9;—wailing, at י׳’s judgment Mi 2:4 as acc. cogn.; Je 9:9 (c. נָשָׂא עַל־, + בְּכִי, ‖ קִינָה), v 17 (c. id., ‖ דִּמְעָה), v 18 (קוֹל נ׳), 31:15 (‖ בְּכִי, תַּמְרוּרִים); mourning song יוֹדְעֵי נ׳ Am 5:16 of professional mourners, skilled in mourning song; cf. Je 9:19, where taught (‖ קִינָה), also הִי Ez 2:10 (‖ אֵבֶל, מִסְפֵּד) q.v. (Ol Co read נהי, cf. Berthol).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נְהִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה עָלֵ֖ינוּ נֶ֑הִי וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃
Word for word: and let.them.hasten and let.them.take.up on us wailing so that.they.may.run.down eyes our tear[s] and eyelids our they.may.flow water
JPS 1917: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
כִּ֣י ק֥וֹל נְהִ֛י נִשְׁמַ֥ע מִצִּיּ֖וֹן אֵ֣יךְ שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּ מְאֹד֙ כִּֽי־עָזַ֣בְנוּ אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ס
Word for word: (dm) a.sound of.wailing it.has.been.heard from Zion how! we.have.been.devastated we.have.been.put.to.shame exceedingly (dm) we.have.left [the].land (dm) people.have.cast.down dwellings our
JPS 1917: For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'
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