disgrace, dishounor, lightly esteem, come to nothing, make vile, wither
A primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace -- disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, - ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, X surely, make vile, wither.
II.
נָבַל verb be senseless, foolish (Late Hebrew
נְבָלָה,
נַבְלוּת of immodesty; Arabic
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= (per contra)
be noble, distinguished,
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also
be gracious (Frey); Aramaic
נְבַל Pa`el
reject, despise, see
ᵑ7 Nehemiah 3:6;
Jeremiah 14:21; in derivatives as Late Hebrew); —
Qal = be foolish Proverbs 30:32 is doubted by Frankenb Toy (where see various renderings), and others, who think text corrupt. Perfect2masculine singular נָבַלְתָּ Proverbs 30:32 if thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself (opposed to זַמּוֺתָ).
Pi`el Perfect1singular suffix consecutive וְנִבַּלְתִּיךְ Nahum 3:6; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְנַבֵּל Deuteronomy 32:15; 2masculine singular תְּנַבֵּל Jeremiah 14:21; Participle מִנַבֵּל Micah 7:6; — regard or treat as a נָבָל (q. v.), i.e. with contumely, with accusative: בֵּן מְנַבֵּל אָב Micah 7:6 son treateth father as a fool (with contumely); ׳וַיְנ צוּר Deuteronomy 32:15 and he treated with contumely the Rock of his salvation (i.e. ׳י; "" נטשִׁ); ׳י subject, Nahum 3:6 I will treat thee (Nineveh) with contumely ("" וְהִשְׂלַכְתִּ֫י צָלַיִךְ שִׁקֻּצִים); Jeremiah 14:21 do not treat with contumely the throne of thy glory ("" נאץ).
נָבֵל verb sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian nabâlu, destroy, DlHWB 443 f. Arabic
v, VIII. die; Aramaic נְבֵילָא corpse); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Isaiah 40:7,8; Jeremiah 8:13; 3feminine singular נָָֽבְלָה Isaiah 24:4 (twice in verse); Imperfect3masculine singular יִבּוֺל Psalm 1:3 4t. (on form compare Ges§ 43, 3, R, 1, h Ol§ 246 e) 2 masculine singular תִּבֹּל Exodus 18:18; 3masculine plural יִבֹּלוּ 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46, יִבּוֺל֑וּן Psalm 37:2; 1plural וַנָּ֫בֶל Isaiah 64:5 (on form compare Di and Ol§ 236 e); Infinitive absolute נָבֹל Exodus 18:18; construct נְבֹל Isaiah 34:4; Participle נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1,4; feminine נֹבֶ֫לָת absolute Isaiah 34:4; construct Isaiah 1:30; —
1 sink or drop down, from exhaustion נָבֹל תִּכֹּל Exodus 18:18 (Moses and Israel); from discouragement 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46 (of foreigners, foes of Israel); of mountain הַרנֹֿפֵל יִבּוֺל Job 14:18 (but נָפוֺל יִמּוֺל LagProph. Chald. Siegf Baer, after ᵐ5, so Bu [or יִבְלֶה]; Du נָבוֺל יִכּוֺל).
2 usually fall like a leaf, or flower wither and fall, fade: כְּאֵלָה נֹבֶ֫לֶת עֶָלהָ Isaiah 1:30 like an oak falling as to it leaves (simile of people of Jerusalem); the host of heaven יִבּוֺל כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה מגֶּפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה Isaiah 34:4; עָלֵהוּ ׳לֹא יִבּ Ezekiel 47:12 (trees in Ezekiel's vision), so figurative of good man Psalm 1:3; of Israel Jeremiah 8:13, וַנָּ֫בֶל כֶּעָלֶה Isaiah 64:5; also נָבֵל צִיץ Isaiah 40:7,8 (both "" יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר), צִיץ נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1; compare Isaiah 28:4; of wicked ׳כְּיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּ Psalm 37:2: ("" כֶּחָצִיר יִמָּ֑לוּ); of devastated earth אָֽבְלָה נָָֽבְלָה הָאָרֶַץ אֻמְלְלָה נָָֽבְלָה תֵּבֵ֑ל Isaiah 24:4.
Strong's Hebrew: 5034. נָבֵל (nabel) — 25 Occurrences
Exodus 18:18
HEB: נָבֹ֣ל תִּבֹּ֔ל גַּם־
NAS: You will surely wear out, both
KJV: Thou wilt surely wear away,
INT: will surely wear both
Exodus 18:18
HEB: נָבֹ֣ל תִּבֹּ֔ל גַּם־ אַתָּ֕ה
NAS: You will surely wear out, both
KJV: Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people
INT: will surely wear both yourself
Deuteronomy 32:15
HEB: אֱל֣וֹהַ עָשָׂ֔הוּ וַיְנַבֵּ֖ל צ֥וּר יְשֻׁעָתֽוֹ׃
NAS: who made him, And scorned the Rock
KJV: [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock
INT: God made and scorned the Rock of his salvation
2 Samuel 22:46
HEB: בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃
NAS: Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling
KJV: Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid
INT: afflicted alien lose and come of their fortresses
Job 14:18
HEB: הַר־ נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק
NAS: mountain crumbles away, And the rock
KJV: falling cometh to nought, and the rock
INT: mountain the falling crumbles and the rock moves
Psalm 1:3
HEB: וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־ יִבּ֑וֹל וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever
KJV: his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
INT: leaf does not wither all manner Which
Psalm 18:45
HEB: בְּנֵי־ נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: Foreigners fade away, And come trembling
KJV: The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid
INT: afflicted alien fade and come of their fortresses
Psalm 37:2
HEB: וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃
NAS: like the grass And fade like the green
KJV: like the grass, and wither as the green
INT: the green herb and fade
Proverbs 30:32
HEB: אִם־ נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־
NAS: If you have been foolish in exalting
KJV: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up
INT: If have been exalting if
Isaiah 1:30
HEB: תִֽהְי֔וּ כְּאֵלָ֖ה נֹבֶ֣לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה
NAS: whose leaf fades away Or as a garden
KJV: whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden
INT: will be like an oak fades leaf A garden
Isaiah 24:4
HEB: אָבְלָ֤ה נָֽבְלָה֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֻמְלְלָ֥ה
NAS: mourns [and] withers, the world
KJV: mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world
INT: mourns withers the earth fades
Isaiah 24:4
HEB: הָאָ֔רֶץ אֻמְלְלָ֥ה נָבְלָ֖ה תֵּבֵ֑ל אֻמְלָ֖לוּ
NAS: fades [and] withers, the exalted
KJV: languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty
INT: the earth fades withers the world fade
Isaiah 28:1
HEB: אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְצִ֥יץ נֹבֵ֖ל צְבִ֣י תִפְאַרְתּ֑וֹ
NAS: of Ephraim, And to the fading flower
KJV: beauty [is] a fading flower,
INT: of Ephraim flower the fading glorious beauty
Isaiah 28:4
HEB: וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה צִיצַ֤ת נֹבֵל֙ צְבִ֣י תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹ
NAS: And the fading flower
KJV: valley, shall be a fading flower,
INT: become flower and the fading glorious beauty
Isaiah 34:4
HEB: וְכָל־ צְבָאָ֣ם יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙
NAS: their hosts will also wither away
KJV: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf
INT: All their hosts wither away A leaf
Isaiah 34:4
HEB: צְבָאָ֣ם יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן
NAS: will also wither away As a leaf
KJV: as the leaf falleth off from the vine,
INT: their hosts wither away A leaf the vine
Isaiah 34:4
HEB: עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃
NAS: As a leaf withers from the vine,
KJV: from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
INT: A leaf the vine withers the fig
Isaiah 40:7
HEB: יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ כִּ֛י
NAS: the flower fades, When
KJV: the flower fadeth: because the spirit
INT: withers the grass fades the flower When
Isaiah 40:8
HEB: יָבֵ֥שׁ חָצִ֖יר נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֑יץ וּדְבַר־
NAS: the flower fades, But the word
KJV: the flower fadeth: but the word
INT: withers the grass fades the flower the word
Isaiah 64:6
HEB: כָּל־ צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ
NAS: And all of us wither like a leaf,
KJV: rags; and we all do fade as a leaf;
INT: and all our righteous wither A leaf and all
Jeremiah 8:13
HEB: בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ נָבֵ֔ל וָאֶתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם
NAS: And the leaf will wither; And what I have given
KJV: and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given
INT: the fig and the leaf will wither have given them
Jeremiah 14:21
HEB: שִׁמְךָ֔ אַל־ תְּנַבֵּ֖ל כִּסֵּ֣א כְבוֹדֶ֑ךָ
NAS: sake; Do not disgrace the throne
KJV: [us], for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne
INT: name's not disgrace the throne of your glory
Ezekiel 47:12
HEB: מַ֠אֲכָל לֹא־ יִבּ֨וֹל עָלֵ֜הוּ וְלֹֽא־
NAS: Their leaves will not wither and their fruit
KJV: whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit
INT: food will not wither their leaves will not
Micah 7:6
HEB: כִּֽי־ בֵן֙ מְנַבֵּ֣ל אָ֔ב בַּ֚ת
NAS: For son treats father contemptuously,
KJV: For the son dishonoureth the father,
INT: For son treats father Daughter
Nahum 3:6
HEB: עָלַ֛יִךְ שִׁקֻּצִ֖ים וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְ כְּרֹֽאִי׃
NAS: filth on you And make you vile, And set
KJV: abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set
INT: and filth and make and set A spectacle