Aramaic word · H5069

נְדַב

mitnadav

be willing

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 4 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

1) to volunteer, offer freely

1a) (Ithpael)

1a1) to volunteer

1a2) to give freely, offer freely

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 4

  1. Ezra 7:13 מִתְנַדַּ֣ב [one who] volunteers

    I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.

  2. Ezra 7:15 הִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙ they have offered freely

    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

  3. Ezra 7:16 הִתְנַדָּב֨וּת מִֽתְנַדְּבִ֔ין [the] freewill offering of, [who] have offered freely

    together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.