Biblical Aramaic Appendix.
Ges Kue
al.
think weakened form of
נבע
bubble up, pour forth
(of flow of words under excitement of inspiration);
Hup Ri Sch
cf.
נאם
;
v
careful discussions by
RS
Proph. ii, n. 18
Kö
OB i. 71 ff.
)
נָבִיא
S
5030
TWOT
1277a
GK
5566306
n.m.
spokesman, speaker, prophet
—
נ׳
Gn 20:7
+
155 times;
sf.
נְבִיאֶ˜ךָ
Ex 7:
1;
pl.
נְבִיאִים
Nu 11:29
+
82 times;
נְבִאִים
Je 27:18
+
16 times;
sf.
נְבִיאַי
ψ 105:15
;
נְבִאָיו
1 K 22:2
2;
נְבִיאָו˜
2 K 17:1
3, etc.;—
1.
genuine
prophet
of
י׳
,
נביא
, anciently called
רֹאֶה
,
1 S 9:9
(antiquarian note); change prob. occurred in times of Elijah and is first reflected in
Ephr.
lit. as applied to Abraham
Gn 20:7
; Moses
Dt 34:10
,
M
. and other early proph.
Ho 6:5
;
12:11
(×2),
14
(×2) Am 2:1
1,
12
; of proph. in ecstatic state
Nu 12:6
(
E
),
11:24
(JE).
So
in Judaic lit., of prophet like Moses
Dt 18:15
,
18
(
D
), of Aaron (as mouthpiece of
M
.)
Ex 7:1
(
P
), of
Sam.
1 S 3:2
0, an unknown
Ju 6:8
; in time of
Sam.
proph. were organized in bands:
•
הֶבֶל נביאים
1 S 10:
5,
10
;
•
להקת הנ׳
1 S 19:2
0; and in time of Elijah were
•
בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים
=
members of prophets’ guilds
1 K 20:35 2 K 2:
3,
5
,
7
,
15
;
4:1
,
38
(×2) נָבִיא
of genuine proph. (besides phrases), in Judaic prophets, only of Jer.,
Je 1:5
; Ezekiel,
Ez 2:5
=
33:3
3; of ancient prophets
Je 28:8
,
9
(×3) Zc 1:
6;
8:9
; especially
•
הראשׁנים הנביאים
Zc 1:
4;
7:7
,
12
,
cf.
•
עבדי(ו) הנביאים
my
(
his
)
servants the prophets
2 K 9:
7;
17:13
,
23
;
21:10
;
24:2
(all
R
D)
Ezr 9:11 Dn 9:10 Je 7:2
5;
25:4
;
26:5
;
29:19
;
35:15
;
44:4 Am 3:7 Zc 1:
6,
cf.
Ez 38:17 Dn 9:
6;
•
עבדֹו הַנּ׳
his servant the prophet
1 K 14:18 2 K 14:2
5;
הַנָּבִיא
with
n.pr.
:
Jer
,
2 Ch 36:12 Dn 9:2
+
31 times Je (but
Ö
only 4 times, the rest prob. redactional, see
Gie
Jer
. xxvii
); Elijah
1 K 18:36
(om
Ö
),
2 Ch 21:12 Mal 3:2
3; Nathan
2 S 7:2
+
10 times S. and K.; 4 times Chr
ψ 51:2
(title); Isaiah,
2 K 19:2
;
20:1
,
14
=
Is 37:
2;
CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. No. number.
Kue A. Kuenen. Ri E. Riehm. Sch F. W. Schultz. RS W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel. Ephr. Ephraimitic source or Ephrem Syrus. M (in BAram. Appendix) K. Marti, Gram. d. bibl. Aram. E Elohist.
D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor. Sam. Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel).
×3
three times.
R
Redactor (e.g. in Hexateuch).
n.pr.
nomen proprium,
proper name.
Jer
Jerome; also Jerusalem.