Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty (compare 5116)), to celebrate (with praises)
KJV Usage: keept at home, prepare an habitation
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָוָה (na.vah) — to beautify. 1) to beautify 1a) (Hiphil) to beautify, adorn
נָוָה (na.vah) — to dwell. (Qal) to dwell, abide, keep at home
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נָוֶה · נָוָה
Alive | verb qal
to abide, to survive, to endure exact meaning unknown; possibly: = process by which humans are alive and well
verb
Praise | verb hif
to praise = action by which humans express their appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude to deities about who they are and what they do
1 HAB 2:5 RSV "abide" NIV ESV "is ... at rest" NRSV "endure" NJPS "go unpunished" | REB "reach goal" 2 EXO 15:2 LXX δοξάσω RSV NIV NRSV GNT ESV "I will praise him" NJB "I shall praise him" REB "I shall glorify him" | NJPS "I will enshrine him"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָוָה] vb. only Hiph. (si vera l.) lit. beautify base
[נָוָה] vb. denom. dwell, abide;—only Qal Hb 2:5 ref