נביא

See also: נבֿיא

Aramaic

Noun

נְבִיָּא • (nəḇiyyā) (feminine counterpart נְבִיתָא)

1. prophet

Derived terms

• בַרְנֶבֻאָה (barneḇú’â, literally “prophet's son”)
  • → Arabic: بَرْنَابَا (barnābā)
  • → Ancient Greek: Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܢܒܝܐ (nǝḇī(ˀ)ā)

  → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ (nḇīyā)

References

• H5029 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ב־א (n-b-ʾ)
6 terms

Compare Tigre ነቢ (näbi), Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Noun

נָבִיא • (naví) m (plural indefinite נְבִיאִים, singular construct נְבִיא־, plural construct נְבִיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְבִיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration)

Declension

Declension of נָבִיא

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	נָבִיא	first	נְבִיאִי		נְבִיאֵנוּ
	definite	הַנָּבִיא	second	נְבִיאֲךָ	נְבִיאֵךְ	נְבִיאֲכֶם	נְבִיאֲכֶן
	construct	נְבִיא־	third	נְבִיאוֹ	נְבִיאָהּ	נְבִיאָם	נְבִיאָן
plural	indefinite	נְבִיאִים	first	נביאיי / נְבִיאַי		נְבִיאֵינוּ
	definite	הַנְּבִיאִים	second	נְבִיאֶיךָ	נביאייך / נְבִיאַיִךְ	נְבִיאֵיכֶם	נְבִיאֵיכֶן
	construct	נְבִיאֵי־	third	נְבִיאָיו	נְבִיאֶיהָ	נְבִיאֵיהֶם	נְבִיאֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• נְבִיאִים (n'vi'ím, “Nevi'im, Prophets”)
  • See also Les Nabis (French art movement)

Descendants

• → Judeo-Tat: novi
• → Yiddish: נבֿיא (novi)

References

• H5030 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "נביא" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

See הֵבִיא (heví).

Verb

נָבִיא • (naví)

1. First-person plural future (prefix conjugation) of הֵבִיא (heví).