נביאות

נְבִיאוּתf. (denom. of נָבִיא) prophecy, prophetic mission. Meg.15a כל (מקום) ששמו … בנ׳וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) wherever the name of a person and that of his father are mentioned in connection with prophecy, it is sure that he was a prophet and the son of a prophet. Snh.39b מפני מה זכה עובדיהו לנ׳ for what merit was Obadiah granted the gift of prophecy?Bekh.45a עשו דבריהם כדברי נ׳ they made their verdicts like those of prophecy, i. e. they gave no reasons for their opinions. B. Bath.12a; Erub.60b אין אלו אלא דברי נ׳ these are prophetic verdicts, i. e. obviously well-established traditions; a. e.