Neviim

or Ne·bi·im

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

nounHebrew.
  1. the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.: Compare Tanakh.

Origin of Neviim

1
From Hebrew nĕvî'îm: literally, “prophets,” plural of nāvî “prophet”; akin to Arabic tanabbaʼa, Hebrew nibē “to predict, prophesy”

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