Lexicon
נָוִית
na.vit
H5121
N:N--L Hebrew

Naioth

12
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

na.vit is the place where David and Samuel stayed and from which David later fled.

The attested proper-noun forms identify a single place in Ramah: David and Samuel stay there, Saul seeks them there, and David later flees from it.

Senses in use

  1. A place in Ramah · dominant

    The supplied forms are tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In 1 Samuel 19:18 the APB renders David and Samuel going and staying there; 1 Samuel 19:19 and 1 Samuel 19:22 locate David and Samuel there, 1 Samuel 19:23 describes Saul proceeding there, and 1 Samuel 20:1 has David fleeing from it.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Naioth,” regularly with “in Ramah”; it uses the name with movement to, presence at, and flight from the place. The verse is read as a whole.

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