•נָבֵל S 5034 TWOT 1286 GK 5570 vb. sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade ( NH id.; Assyrian nabâlu , destroy , Dl HWB 443 f. Arabic نَبَلَ ( nabala ) V,
VIII
.
die;
Aramaic
נְבֵילָא
corpse
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
3
ms.
נ׳
Is 40:
7,
8 Je 8:1
3;
3
fs.
נָבְֽלָה
Is 24:4
(×2);
Impf.
3
ms.
יִבֹּול
ψ 1:3
+
4 times (on form
cf.
Ges
§ 47 h Ol
§ § 911 e, 912.2
), 2
ms.
תִּכֹּל
Ex 18:1
8;
3
mpl.
יִבֹּלוּ
2 S 22:46
=
ψ 18:46
,
יִבֹּול˜וּן
ψ 37:2
;
1
pl.
וַנָּ˜בֶל
Is 64:5
(on form
cf.
Di
and
Ol
§ 236 e);
Inf. abs.
נָבֹל
Ex 18:1
8;
cstr.
נְבֹל
Is 34:
4;
Pt.
נֹבֵל
Is 28:
1,
4
;
f.
נֹבֶ˜לֶת
abs.
Is 34:
4;
cstr.
Is 1:3
0;—
1.
sink
or
drop down
, from exhaustion
נָבֹל תִּבֹּל
Ex 18:18
(Moses and Isr.); from discouragement
2 S 22:46
=
ψ 18:46
(of foreigners, foes of Isr.); of mt.
הַר־נֹפֵל יִבֹּול
Jb 14:18
(but
נָפֹול יִפֹּול
Lag
Proph. Chald.
Siegf
Baer, after
Ö
, so
Bu
[or
יִבְלֶה
];
Du
נָבֹול יִבֹּול
).
2.
usually
droop
like a leaf, or flower
wither and fall, fade:
כְּאֵלָה נֹבֶ˜לֶת עָלֶ˜הָ
Is 1:30
like an oak falling as to its leaves
(
sim.
of people of
Jerus.
); the host of heaven
מִגֶפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה יִבֹּול כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה
Is 34:
4;
לֹא יִבּ׳ עָלֵהוּ
Ez 47:12
(trees in Ezek.’s vision), so
fig.
of good man
ψ 1:3
; of Isr.
Je 8:13
,
וַ˜נָּבֶל כֶּעָלֶה
Is 64:
5; also
נָבֵל צִיץ
40:
7,
8
(both
||
יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר
),
צִיץ נֹבֵל
28:
1,
cf.
v
4; of wicked
כְּיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּ׳
ψ 37:2
(
||
כֶּחָצִיר יִמָּ˜לוּ
); of devastated earth
תֵּבֵ˜ל אָֽבְלָה נָֽבְלָה הָאָרֶץ אֻמְלְלָה נָֽבְלָה
Is 24:
4.
• נְבֵלָה S 5038 TWOT 1286a GK 5577 n.f. carcass, corpse ( as inert, flabby ) ;—נ׳ abs. 1 K 13:24 +; cstr. נִבְלַת v 29 +; sf. נְבֵלָתִי Is 26:1 9; נִבְלָֽתְךָ Dt 28:26 1 K 13:2 2; נִבְלָתֹו Jos 8:29 + 6 times; נִבְלָתָהּ Lv 11:3 9, 40 (×2); נִבְלָתָם Is 5:25 + 14 times;— carcass, corpse: 1. a. human (not in Ez P , ( H ), which use פֶּגֶר ); Jos 8:29 (JE), 1 K 13:22 , 24 (×2), 25 (×2), 28 (×3), 29 , 30 2 K 9:37 Je 26:23 ; 36:30 Dt 21:2 3; 28:26 ; coll. corpses Is 5:2 5; 26:19 (wish for restoration to life), Je 7:33 ; 9:21 ; 16:4 ; 19:7 ; 34:20 ψ 79:2 . b. of lifeless idols, coll. נִבְלַת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וגו׳ Je 16:1 8. 2. of animals (clean and unclean, wild animals, cattle, birds and reptiles, chiefly Lv Ez), Dt 14:8 ; Lv 5:2 (×3) 11: 8, 11 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ; 17:15 (all P ); נ׳ specif. = body of animal dying of itself Dt 14:21 ; Lv 7:24 ; 11:39 , 40 (×2) ( P ), 22:8 ( H ), Ez 4:14 ; 44:31 .
Du B. Duhm. coll. collective.