נָוָה
na.ah
habitation
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word נָוָה (na.ah) has a short definition of "habitation." This suggests that it refers to the state or condition of residing in a place. According to its 12 occurrences in the Bible, this word is used in various contexts, likely emphasizing the concept of settled dwelling. Given its definition and frequency of use, it appears that na.ah is focused on a fixed or stable human presence in a location, rather than temporary or transient stays. This is consistent with the idea of habitation as a form of residence or home. Without more detailed information on the contexts in which na.ah is used, it is difficult to determine its full significance. However, based solely on its definition and occurrence count, it seems to be an essential term for describing human presence and relationships with space in the Hebrew Bible.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
Psalms 65:12The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
Psalms 74:20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
Psalms 83:12who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
Jeremiah 9:10I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.
Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
Jeremiah 25:37The peaceful folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.
Lamentations 2:2The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
Joel 1:19Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel 2:22Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
Amos 1:2He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”