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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 ).


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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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