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Neviim
or Ne·bi·im
[ Sephardic Hebrew nuh-vee-eem; Ashkenazic Hebrew nuh-vee-im ]
noun
, Hebrew.
- the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament. Compare Tanakh ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Neviim1
From Hebrew nĕvî'îm: literally, “prophets,” plural of nāvî “prophet”; akin to Arabic tanabbaʼa, Hebrew nibē “to predict, prophesy”
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