נָאָהnâʼâh
pasture, meadow
Pronunciation: naw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4999
Meanings
1. pasture, meadow (Amos 1:2; Zephaniah 2:6; Jeremiah 9:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 23:2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
- Psalms 65:12 The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.
- Psalms 74:20 Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence!
- Psalms 83:12 for they said, “Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!”
- Jeremiah 9:10 I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.
- Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning— its wilderness pastures are dried up. For they all do evil and abuse what power they have.
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).