1. prophet (Aramaic) — The Aramaic noun for 'prophet' (נְבִיא), cognate with Hebrew navi. S115582 captures the plural construct form ('prophets of') while S115584 captures the singular ('the prophet/prophet'). These are number inflections of the same lexical meaning. Multilingual evidence: eng 'prophets/prophet', spa 'profetas/profeta', hin 'नबी/नबियों', arb 'الأنْبِياء/النَّبِيّ', kor '선지자들/선지자', swa 'manabii/nabii'. All translations confirm a single semantic sense. 8×
AR["(الأنْبِياء)","(النَّبِيّ)","[الأنْبِياء]","[النَّبِيّ]"]·ben["(ভাববাদী)","(ভাববাদীরা)","[ভাববাদী]","[ভাববাদীরা]"]·DE["[(נביא)]","[(נבייא)]","[[נביאה]]","[[נביאיא]]"]·EN["[ketiv]","[the-prophet]","prophet","prophets","prophets-of","the-prophet"]·FR["prophète"]·heb["(נביא)","(נבייא)","[נביאה]","[נביאיא]"]·HI["नबियों-ने","नबी","नबी-ने"]·ID["[kere]","nabi","para-nabi"]·IT["profeta"]·jav["[nabi]","kang-Gusti-Allah","kang-nabi","kang-para-nabi","lan-Zakharia","para-Yahudi","tumrap"]·KO["(선지자)","(선지자들)","[선지자]","[선지자들]"]·PT["(o-profeta)","(os-profetas)","[o-profeta]","[os-profetas]"]·RU["[кетив]","пророк","пророка","пророки"]·ES["(profeta)","(profetas)","(profetas-de)","[el-profeta]","[profeta]","[profetas]","el-profeta"]·SW["[manabii]","[nabii]","manabii","nabii"]·TR["K","peygamber","peygamberin","peygamberler"]·urd["(نبی)","(نبیوں-نے)","[نبی]","[نبیوں]"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [נְבִיא] n.m. prophet (Hebraism? also 𝔗 Syriac; v. BH);—emph. נְבִיאָה Kt, נְבִיָּא Ezr 5:1; 6:14; pl. emph. נְבִיאַיָּא 5:1, 2.*