Lexical Summary nu: to hinder, restrain, frustrate Original Word: נוּאTransliteration: nu Phonetic Spelling: (noo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hinder, restrain, frustrate Meaning: to refuse, forbid, dissuade, neutralize Strong's Concordance break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect A primitive root; to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize -- break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5106. nu [נוא] verb hinder, restrain, frustrate (Arabic () (or ) rise with difficulty, rise against one (Frey), III. contend with, Lane2861); — Qal Imperfect2masculine plural תנואון Numbers 32:7 Kt, but read Hiph`il (so Qr), compare Di. Hiph`il Perfect הֵנִיא Numbers 30:6, etc.; Imperfect יָנִיא 30:9, יָנִי Psalm 141:5, תְּנִיאוּן Numbers 32:7 Qr; — 1 restrain, forbid (performance of vow), followed by accusative of person Numbers 30:6 (twice in verse); 30:9; 30:12; frustrate (device of people), subject ׳י, followed by accusative of thing, Psalm 33:10 ("" הֵפִיר); refuse 141:5 ((text dubious see Che). 2 restrain, make averse the heart (accusative) Numbers 32:7 (followed by מֵעֲבֹר), 32:9 (followed by לְבִלְתִּיבֿאֹ). |
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