Lexical Summary nabab: to hollow out Original Word: נָבַבTransliteration: nabab Phonetic Spelling: (naw-bab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hollow out Meaning: to pierce, to be hollow, foolish Strong's Concordance hollow, vain A primitive root; to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish -- hollow, vain. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5014. nabab [נָבַב] verb hollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu, flute, DlHWB 443, Late Hebrew אַבּוּב id., Aramaic אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; see HoffmLCB 1882, 321 Frä23 Fl in LevyTW i. 417); — Qal Passive participle נָבוּב Job 11:12; Jeremiah 52:21; נְבוּב Exodus 27:8; 38:7; — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle לֻחוֺת נְבוּב 27:8; 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Jeremiah 52:21; figurative נָבוּב אִישׁ Job 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man. נֹ֫בֶה see נֹב. |
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