Navi (נביא) means prophet in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
prophet
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Navi.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שמתקשר עם אלהים.
כִּי־יָקוּם בְּקִרְבְּךָ נָבִיא אוֹ חֹלֵם חֲלוֹם; וְנָתַן אֵלֶיךָ אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת.
- 2בהשאלהמי שביכולתו לדעת מה יהיה בעתיד.
- 3לא בשימושמתורגמן.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה רְאֵה נְתַתִּיךָ אֱלֹהִים לְפַרְעֹה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ יִהְיֶה נְבִיאֶךָ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Navi is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נָבִיא
- Written without vowel points
- נביא
- Said
- navi
- Root
- נ־ב־א
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- נְבִיאִים
- Feminine form
- נְבִיאָה
- Inflections
- נ' נְבִיאָה, נְבִיאַת־;ר' נְבִיאִים, נְבִיאֵי־; נ"ר נְבִיאוֹת; נְבִיא־
- Gematria
- 63
This is how Navi is said in other languages.
- English
- prophet
- Arabic
- نَبِيّ
- Russian
- пророк
- French
- prophète
- Spanish
- profeta
- German
- prophet
These words mean nearly the same as Navi.
- איש האלהים
- צופהlookout
- רואה
- חוזה
- מגיד עתידותfortune teller
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Navi.
The word Navi is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אין שני נביאים מתנבאים בסגנון אחד
- אין נביא בעירו
- בני הנביאים
- הגם שאול בנביאים?
- חכם עדיף מנביא
- נביא אמת
- נביא זעם
- נביא שקר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Navi comes from the root נ־ב־א, like these words.
These words come before and after Navi in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Navi.
What does Navi (נביא) mean in Hebrew?
Navi (נביא) means prophet. It is said navi, with the stress on vi.
What is a synonym for Navi (נביא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Navi (נביא) are איש האלהים, צופה, רואה, חוזה, and מגיד עתידות.
What rhymes with Navi (נביא)?
Words that rhyme with Navi (נביא) include צבי, חלבי, לביא, שכווי, לובי, and צבי.
Is Navi (נביא) masculine or feminine?
The word Navi (נביא) is a masculine noun, and its plural is נְבִיאִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נביא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.