נְמָלָה

«נְמָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: ant — 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: 5244 · BDB: נְמָלָה

Glosses

an.ant (1); ants (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

ant tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.unit. ant tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f.unit. (LagBN 81) ant (NH id.; Arabic نَمْلَةٌ (nom. unit of نَمْلٌ); Syriac ܢܡܳܠܴܐ );—abs. נ׳ Pr 6:6; pl. הַנְּמָלִים 30:25.

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

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 6:6

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

Word for word: go to an.ant O.sluggard consider ways its and become.wise

JPS 1917: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

Proverbs 30:25

הַ֭נְּמָלִים עַ֣ם לֹא־עָ֑ז וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ בַקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָֽם׃

Word for word: the ants [are].a.people not strong and they.prepared in the summer food their

JPS 1917: The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

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