נבי II, נָבָא (b. h.; cmp. נָבַע) to burst forth, blow.
Nif. - נִיבָּא to be inspired, to prophesy. Snh. 39ᵇ יבא … ויִנָּבֵא על וכ׳ let Obadiah come … and prophesy against &c.; a. e.
Hithpa. - הִתְנַבֵּא,
Nithpa. - נִתְנַבֵּא same. Ex. R. s. 4. כמה … שלא להִתְנַבְּאוֹת ונ׳ וכ׳ how much Jeremiah desired not to be a prophet, and yet he prophesied against his will. Sot. 12ᵇ נִתְנַבְּאָה שלא מדעתה she prophesied unwittingly. Ib. מִתְנַבְּאָה ואינה וכ׳ she prophesied but did not know what she prophesied. Meg. 14ᵃ ארְבעים … נִתְנַבְּאוּ להם וכ׳ forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied to Israel &c. B. Bath. 15ᵇ; a. fr.