נוּעַnûwaʻ

quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

Pronunciation: noo'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5128

Meanings

Qal: construct (Job 28:4; Amos 4:8; Isaiah 7:2)

1. wave (Judges 9:9; Judges 9:11; Judges 9:13)

2. totter, go tottering (Lamentations 4:14; Lamentations 4:15; Amos 8:12)

Niph`al: be tossed about (Amos 9:9; Nahum 3:12)

Hiph`il

1. toss about (Amos 9:9)

2. shake, cause to totter, = set me tottering (Daniel 10:10; 2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22)

3. (shake), disturb (2 Kings 23:18)

4. cause to wander (Numbers 32:13; 2 Samuel 15:20; Psalms 59:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 40 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
  • Genesis 4:14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
  • Exodus 20:18 When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram’s horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.
  • Numbers 32:13 “The Lord was angry with Israel and made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until the entire generation that sinned in the Lord’s sight had died.
  • Judges 9:9 But the olive tree refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing the olive oil that blesses both God and people, just to wave back and forth over the trees?’
  • Judges 9:11 But the fig tree also refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit just to wave back and forth over the trees?’
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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).