נָפָה

«נָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: sieve — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:נָפָה · BDB: נָפָה

Glosses

a.sieve (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

sieve tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sieve tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. sieve or ther winnowing implement, Di Du Schwinge, CheHpt. fan (as swung);—only cstr. לַהֲנָפָה גוֹיִם בְּנָ֫פַת שָׁוְא Is 30:28 to swing nations in a sieve of worthlessness.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Isaiah 30:28

וְרוּח֞וֹ כְּנַ֤חַל שׁוֹטֵף֙ עַד־צַוָּ֣אר יֶֽחֱצֶ֔ה לַהֲנָפָ֥ה גוֹיִ֖ם בְּנָ֣פַת שָׁ֑וְא וְרֶ֣סֶן מַתְעֶ֔ה עַ֖ל לְחָיֵ֥י עַמִּֽים׃

Word for word: and breath his [is].like a.torrent overflowing to [the].neck it.reaches for shaking nations in a.sieve of.worthlessness and a.halter [which].misleads on [the].jaws of.peoples

JPS 1917: And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.

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