נבא

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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From a root נ־ב־א.

Verb

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נבא (transliteration needed)

  1. to prophesy

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
נ־ב־א (n-b-ʾ)

From the root נ־ב־א (n-b-ʾ), perhaps related to נ־ב־ע (n-b-ʿ) with a literal meaning "to cause to bubble up", hence "to pour forth words abundantly".

Verb

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נִבֵּא (nibé) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניבא.

Verb

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נֻבָּא (nubá) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of נובא.

Verb

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נִבָּא (nibá) (nif'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניבא.