1 K 10:12 ; played by wandering band of prophets 1 S 10:5 (list as Is 5:12 ); in worship 2 S 6:5 ; elsewhere only ψψ Chr. always in worship: ψ 57:9 ; 81:3 ; 92:4 ; 108:3 ; 150:3 ; כְּלִי נֶבֶל 71:2 2; נ׳ עָשֹׂור a harp with ten strings 33: 2; 144:9 ; 1 Ch 13:8 ; 15:16 , 20 , 28 ; 16:5 ( נְבָלִים כְּלֵי ), 25:1 , 6 2 Ch 5:1 2; 9:11 ; 20:28 ; 29:25 Ne 12:2 7.— Cf. further Benz Arch. 273 ff. Now Arch. i. 273 ff. Dr Amos 234 ff. We Hpt 222 ff.
נָבַל
S
5034
TWOT
1285, 1286
GK
5571
vb.
be senseless, foolish
(
NH נְבָלָה
, נַבְלוּת
of immodesty; Arabic
نَبُلَ
(
nabula
)
=
(per contra)
be noble, distinguished
,
نَبَلَ
(
nabala
) also
be gracious
(
Frey
); Aramaic
נְבַל
Pa.
reject, despise
,
v.
å
Ne 3:
6;
Je 14:21
; in deriv. as
NH
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
2
ms.
נָבַלְתָּ
Pr 30:32
if thou hast been foolish
in lifting up thyself (
opp.
וַמֹּותָ
).
Qal
=
be foolish
•Pr 30:32
is doubted by
Frankenberg
Toy (where see various renderings),
al.
, who think text crpt.
Pi.
Pf.
1 s.
sf. consec.
וְנִבַּלְתִּיךְ
Na 3:
6;
Impf.
3
ms.
וַיְנַבֵּל
Dt 32:15
;
2
ms.
תְּנַבֵּל
Je 14:2
1;
Pt.
מִנַבֵּל
Mi 7:
6;—
regard
or
treat as a
נָבָל
(
q.v.
), i.e.
with contumely
,
c.
acc
.:
בֵּן מְנַבֵּל אָב
Mi 7:6
son treateth father as a fool
(with contumely);
צוּר וַיְנ׳
Dt 32:15
and he treated with contumely the Rock
of his salvation (i.e.
י׳
;
||
נטשׁ
);
י׳
subj.,
Na 3:6
I will treat thee
(Nineveh)
with contumely
(
||
וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ˜י עָלַיִךְ שִׁקֻּצִים
);
Je 14:21
do not
treat with contumely
the throne of thy glory (
||
נאץ
).
•
I
.
נָבָל
S
5036, 5037
TWOT
1285a
GK
5572, 5573
adj.
foolish, senseless
, especially of the man who has no perception of ethical and religious claims, and with collat. idea of
ignoble, disgraceful;
—
abs.
נ׳
2 S 3:33
+
14 times;
mpl.
נְבָלִים
13:13 Ez 13:3
(
Ö
Co
מִלִּבָּם
); fpl.
נְבָלֹות
Jb 2:1
0;—
senseless
, especially of religious and moral insensibility:
עַם נ׳
Dt 32:6
(of Isr., unappreciative of J.’s benefits;
opp.
חָכָם
), so of heathen nation
ψ 74:18
(blaspheming name of
י׳
),
גֹּוי נ׳
Dt 32:21
(
||
לֹא עָם
);
הַנְּבִאִים הַנּ׳
Ez 13:3
(
si vera l.
,
v. supr
.); elsewhere as
subst.
(impious and presumptuous)
fool
,
Is 32:5
(
opp.
נָדִיב
noble- minded
), characterized as at once irreligious and churlish,
v
6; denying God
ψ
Benz J. Benzinger, Hebräische Archaeologie . Now W. Nowack, Hebräische Archäologie . Dr S. R. Driver.
Frey G. W. Freytag, Lex. Arab.; opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. Frankenberg W. Frankenberg.
• II.