UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: stone to stumble over

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Core domains: Human (082); Behavior (017); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = a stone that is positioned in such a way that the foot of travellers may come in forcible contact it, ► which may result in stumbling and injury; ≈ usually used in a figurative way to denote sustaining any kind of hardship in life

Collocations: אֶבֶן נֶגֶף

Synonyms: צוּר מִכְשֹׁול

Show passage in OET: ISA 8:14

OET-RV ISA 8:14

14 He’ll be like your safe retreat. He’ll be both the stone that strikes and the rock that makes both Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah) stumble, and like a trap for the inhabitants of Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

OET-LV ISA 8:14

14 And_it _was (into)_a_sanctuary and _(into)_a_stone _of striking and _(into)_a_rock _of stumbling for_the _two _of the _houses _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) (into)_a_trap and _(into)_a_snare for_the _inhabitant[s]_of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

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Sense 2: plague

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Core domains: Aggression (006); Well-Being (196); Recompense (140); Divine (055)

Definition: literally: heavy blow = serious harm, injury, or epidemic affecting a large group of people; ≈ invariably seen as punishment from God

Show passage in OET: EXO 12:13

OET-RV EXO 12:13

13 That blood on the doorposts and lintel will be your sign on the houses which you are all in. I will see the blood and will pass over above you all, and the plague won’t affect you all with destruction as I strike against Mitsrayim.

OET-LV EXO 12:13

13 And_it _was the_blood to/for_you(pl) (into)_a_sign on the_houses where you(pl) are_there and_I _will _see DOM the_blood and_I _will _pass _over over_you(pl) and_not it _will _be among_you(pl) a _plague for_destruction when_strike_I in_land of _Miʦrayim.

Show passage in OET: EXO 30:12

OET-RV EXO 30:12

12 Whenever you take a census of the Israeli men, each man must pay a ransom to Yahweh for his life when they’re counted, and then the counting won’t cause deadly diseases among them.

OET-LV EXO 30:12

12 If/because you _will _lift _up DOM the _head _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_those _of_who _are_enrolled _of _them and_they _will _give everyone the _ransom _of his _life _of_his to/for_YHWH when_enrol DOM_them and_not it _will _be in/among_them a _plague when_enrol DOM_them.

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All 6 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 12:13 · OET EXO 30:12

NUM: OET NUM 8:19 · OET NUM 16:46–47

JOS: OET JOS 22:17

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נֶגֶף

Form 1

Sense 1: stone to stumble over

Sense 2: plague