נַהַם

«נַהַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: growling — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 5099 · BDB: נַ֫הַם

Glosses

[is].a.roaring (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

growling tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

growling tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] growling of lion;—fig. of king’s wrath Pr 19:12, cf. 20:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נַהַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 20:2

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].a.roaring like.(the) young lion [the].terror of.a.king [one who].infuriates.him [is].missing life his

JPS 1917: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

Proverbs 19:12

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].a.roaring like.(the) young lion [the].rage of.a.king and.[is] like dew on grass favor his

JPS 1917: The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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