נָבַב
na.vav
“be hollow”
Definition
to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish
a primitive root;
- (Qal) to hollow out 1a) hollowed (participle)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָבַב appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
But a witless man can no more become wisethan the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
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