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Raw

נָאStrong’s H4995

na

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

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Na is the Hebrew word usually translated “raw”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.”
Exodus 12:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Raw
How it's translated
  • raw 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    נָא na · raw

    raw

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “raw” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    RAW, adjective

    [Latin crudus, rodo.]

    1. Not altered from its natural state; not roasted, boiled or cooked; not subdued by heat; as raw meat.
    2. Not covered with skin; bare, as flesh.
    3. sore.
    4. Immature; unripe; not concocted.
    All definitions and other forms of “raw”
    1. Not altered by heat; not cooked or dressed; being in its natural state; as raw fruit.
    2. Unseasoned; unexperienced; unripe in skill; as people while young and raw
    3. New; untried; as a raw trick.
    4. Bleak; chilly; cold, or rather cold and damp; as a raw day; a raw cold climate.
    5. Not distilled; as raw water. [Not used.]
    6. Not spun or twisted; as raw silk.
    7. Not mixed or adulterated; as raw spirits.
    8. Bare of flesh.
    9. Not tried or melted and strained; as raw tallow.
    10. Not tanned; as raw hides.

    RAW'-BONED, adjective

    Having little flesh on the bones.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.