Midvash

נָבַבnâbab

hollow out

Pronunciation: naw-bab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5014

Meanings

Qal: hollowed, hollow (Job 11:12; Jeremiah 52:21; Exodus 27:8)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 27:8 The altar must be hollow, made from planks. Build it just as you were shown on the mountain.
  • Exodus 38:7 He inserted the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar. The altar was hollow and was made from planks.
  • Job 11:12 An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
  • Jeremiah 52:21 Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.

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).