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Strong's #5244 - נְמָלָה

Transliteration
nᵉmâlâh
Phonetics
nem-aw-law'
Origin
from (H5243)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
1371a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) ant

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KJV (2)
Proverbs 2
NAS (2)
Proverbs 2
HCS (2)
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BSB (2)
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ESV (2)
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2407) lmn (נמל NML) AC: Cut CO: ? AB: ?: [from: lm- as cut into segments]

V) lmn (נמל NML) - Cut: To cut the tip or end. KJV (5): (vf: Paal) cut off, cut down, circumcise - Strongs: H5243 (נָמַל)

Nf) lmn (נמל NML) - Ant: A segmented insect as cut in the middle. KJV (2): ant - Strongs: H5244 (נְמָלָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 נְמָלָה noun feminine of individual meaning (Lag BN 81) ant (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (noun of individual meaning of ); Syriac ); — absolute ׳נ Proverbs 6:8; plural הַנְּמָלִים Proverbs 30:25.

נמר (√ of following, meaning dubious; possibly compare Assyrian namâru, shine, gleam (from glossy coat of panther and leopard), [see Arabic pardus, and limpidus, purus (of water; compare below נמרים)] so Hom NS 294f.; ag. this Nö ZMG xl (1886), 736 Schw Idioticon 121; נָמֵר is comm. Sem.: Assyrian nimru Dl HWB 468; Arabic , Lane2853; Ethiopic Syriac , ᵑ7נִמְרָא; Late Hebrew נָמֵר).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נְמָלָה f. Proverbs 6:6 plur. נְמָלִים 30:25, the ant, Arab. نَمْلَةُ, perhaps so called from its cutting off, i.e. consuming (נָמַל i.q. מָלַל).


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List of Word Forms
הַ֭נְּמָלִים הנמלים נְמָלָ֥ה נמלה han·nə·mā·lîm Hannemalim hannəmālîm nə·mā·lāh nemaLah nəmālāh
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