Lexicon
נָוָה
na.vah
H5115A
H:V Hebrew

to beautify

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na.vah denotes beautifying God in the speaker’s declaration of praise.

The attested use presents beautifying as the speaker’s intended response to God within a declaration that names him as strength, song, and salvation.

Senses in use

  1. Beautifying God in praise · dominant

    In Exodus 15:2, the first-person singular Hiphil imperfect form occurs in the speaker’s declaration concerning “my God”; the APB renders the clause, “and I will beautify him,” alongside statements of strength, song, and salvation.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 15:2, the APB presents the clause as “and I will beautify him.” This rendering is read with the clause rather than as a complete lexical definition.

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