מַבּוּעַmabbûwaʻ

spring of water (Ecclesiastes 12:6; Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 49:10)

Pronunciation: mab-boo'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4002

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
  • Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.
  • Isaiah 49:10 They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the Lord in his mercy will lead them; he will lead them beside cool waters.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).