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Proverbs 20:2
“The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נַהַםnaham · nah'-ham
H5099 · Hebrew
H5099 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a snarl
- Derivation
- from H5098 (נָהַם);
- KJV renderings
- roaring.
- Grammar
- נַ֣הַם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Proverbs 19:12
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 נַהַם 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.