נֶגֶב

neg̲eb̲
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
south
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. south

1.a south cardinal direction

וַֽיהֹוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃

wəYHWH ʾāmar ʾel-ʾab̲rām ʾaḥărê hippāred̲-lôṭ mēʿimmô śāʾ nāʾ ʿênêk̲ā ûrəʾēh min-hammāqôm ʾăšer-ʾattāh šām ṣāp̲ōnāh wāneg̲bāh wāqēd̲əmāh wāyāmmāh.

‘And יהוה said to Abram, after Lot had parted from him, “Raise your eyes and look out from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west,’

— Genesis 13 14

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶגֶב (Lemma #2563). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶגֶב (Lemma #2563). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶגֶב (Lemma #2563). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) נֶגֶב (Lemma #2563), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2563,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {נֶגֶב ({Lemma} #2563)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2563/},
}