Neviim

or Ne·bi·im

[ Sephardic Hebrew nuh-vee-eem; Ashkenazic Hebrew nuh-vee-im ]

noun

, Hebrew.

1. the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament. Compare Tanakh ( def ).

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”