King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5244
Transliteration: nemalah
Phonetic Spelling: (nem-aw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an ant
Meaning: an ant
Word Summary
nemalah: an ant
Original Word: נְמָלָהTransliteration: nemalah
Phonetic Spelling: (nem-aw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an ant
Meaning: an ant
Strong's Concordance
ant Feminine from namal; an ant (probably from its almost bisected form) -- ant.
see HEBREW namal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5244. nemalah
נְמָלָה noun feminine of individual meaning (LagBN 81) ant (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic (noun of individual meaning of ); Syriac ); — absolute ׳נ Proverbs 6:8; plural הַנְּמָלִים 30:25.
נמר (√ of following, meaning dubious; possibly compare Assyrian namâru, shine, gleam (from glossy coat of panther and leopard), [see Arabic pardus, and limpidus, purus (of water; compare below נמרים)] so HomNS 294 f.; ag. this NöZMG xl (1886), 736 SchwIdioticon 121; נָמֵר is comm. Sem.: Assyrian nimru DlHWB 468; Arabic , Lane2853; Ethiopic Syriac , נִמְרָא ᵑ7; Late Hebrew נָמֵר).