STRONGS NUMBER H5042


Word Summary
naba: to flow, spring, bubble up
Original Word: נָבַע
Transliteration: naba
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-bah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to flow, spring, bubble up
Meaning: to gush forth, to utter, to emit
Strong's Concordance
Pour out, flowing, send forth, utter abundantly

A primitive root; to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor) -- belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5042. naba

[נָבַע‎] verb flow, spring, bubble up, in poetry and late (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Assyrian nabû, id., DlHWB 442; Arabic well or issue forth (of water); Aramaic נְבַע‎; Ethiopic II. weep, tear(s)); —

Qal Participle נֹבֵעַ נַ֫חַלProverbs 18:4 a flowing wady, metaphor of חָכְמָה מְקוֺר‎.

Hiph`il Imperfect יַבִּיעַPsalm 19:3 3t.; אַבְּ֫יעָה78:2; Proverbs 1:23; יַבִּ֫יעוּPsalm 94:4; 145:7; יַבִּיעוּן59:8; 3feminine plural תַּבַּ֫עְנָה119:171; — pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth:

1 pour out, figurative רוּחִי לָכֶם אַבִּיעָהProverbs 1:23 ("" אֶתְכֶם דְבָרַי אוֺדִ֫יעָה‎).

2 cause to bubble, ferment רוֺקֵ֑חַ שֶׁמֶן יַכִּיעַ יַבְאִישׁ מָ֫וֶת זְבוּבֵיEcclesiastes 10:1.

3 figurative, usually of speech, pour forth, emit, belch forth, emphatic expression: רָעוֺת יַבִּיעַ רְשָׁעִים מִּיProverbs 15:28 (opposed to לַעֲנוֺת יֶהְגֶּה צַדִּיק לֵב‎) i.e. the righteous considers before he speaks, the wicked bursts out with reckless utterance; אִוֶּלֶת יַבִּיעַ כְסִילִים מִּי15:2 (opposed to דָּ֑עַת תֵּיטִיב חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֺן‎); עָתָק יְדַבְּרוּ יַבִּ֫יעוּPsalm 94:4 ("" אָ֑וֶן כָּלמֹּֿעֲלֵי יִתְאַמְּרוּ‎); ׳יַבּ בְּפִיהֶם59:8 ("" בְּשִׂפְתוֺתֵיהֶם חֲרָבוֺת‎); in good sense, חִידוֺת אַבִּ֫יעָה78:2 ("" מִּי בְּמָשָׁל אֶפְתֳּחה‎); תְּהִלָּה שְׂפָתַי תַּבַּעְנָה119:171; יִבִּ֑יעוּ רַבטֿוּבְךָ זֵכֶר145:7 ("" יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ וְצִדְקָֽתְךָ‎, compare also 145:6); metaphor יַבּ לְיוֺם ׳יוֺם אֹמֶר19:3, i. e. though silent, it really pours forth speech.