Original Language Studio
Lamentations 2:14
“Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5030 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- Derivation
- from H5012 (נָבָא);
- KJV renderings
- prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
- Grammar
- נְבִיאַ֗יִ — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- ךְ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 317 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:7Exodus 7:1Numbers 11:29Numbers 12:6Deuteronomy 13:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָבִיא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.