--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 19 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 19 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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controls it.[↗](../../nucleus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The nucleus of an atom is its tiny centre, made of protons and neutrons.[↗](../../nucleus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A nucleus is the central or most important part of a group or thing, as in the nucleus of a team.[↗](../../nucleus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nucleus controls what the cell does.[↗](../../nucleus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant and animal cells both have a nucleus.[↗](../../nucleus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons.[↗](../../nucleus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew the nucleus in the middle of our cell diagram.[↗](../../nucleus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nuclear power comes from splitting the nucleus of atoms.[↗](../../nucleus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · These five players are the nucleus of the team.[↗](../../nucleus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The latter scholar has proved that there is a nucleus of stories in every European land which is common to all.[↗](../../nucleus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nudge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To nudge someone is to push them gently, usually with your elbow, to get their attention.[↗](../../nudge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To nudge something is to move it a little by pushing gently.[↗](../../nudge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To nudge someone towards something is to gently encourage them to do it.[↗](../../nudge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A nudge is a small push or a gentle reminder.[↗](../../nudge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To nudge a number is to come close to it: «Prices are nudging ten pounds».[↗](../../nudge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend nudged me when my name was called.[↗](../../nudge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She nudged the ball into the goal.[↗](../../nudge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum nudged me to say thank you.[↗](../../nudge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Could you nudge the chair a bit closer to the table?[↗](../../nudge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature is nudging 30 degrees.[↗](../../nudge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Give me a nudge if I fall asleep.[↗](../../nudge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The app nudges you to drink water.[↗](../../nudge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They nudged each other, and said, "Quack! that was witty!"[↗](../../nudge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nudibranch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of sea slug, often brightly coloured, with no shell, that lives in the sea.[↗](../../nudibranch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Divers love spotting colourful nudibranchs on the reef.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A nudibranch is a sea slug with no shell.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This nudibranch is bright purple with orange tips.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nudibranchs' bright colours warn fish to stay away.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a photo of a nudibranch in our ocean book.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some nudibranchs eat jellyfish and keep their stings.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are thousands of kinds of nudibranch.[↗](../../nudibranch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nugget** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nugget is a small lump of gold or another precious metal found in the ground.[↗](../../nugget/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A nugget (chicken nugget) is a small piece of food, usually chicken, covered in breadcrumbs and fried or baked.[↗](../../nugget/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A nugget of information, wisdom or advice is a small but useful or interesting piece of it.[↗](../../nugget/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Australia, informal) A nugget can be a short, strong, stocky person or animal.[↗](../../nugget/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The miner found a gold nugget in the river.[↗](../../nugget/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have chicken nuggets and chips?[↗](../../nugget/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher shared a nugget of wisdom: «Read the question twice.»[↗](../../nugget/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has the biggest gold nugget ever found in Victoria.[↗](../../nugget/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Here's a nugget of information: octopuses have three hearts.[↗](../../nugget/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The little puppy is a solid nugget.[↗](../../nugget/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We dipped our nuggets in tomato sauce.[↗](../../nugget/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nuisance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nuisance is a person, animal or thing that annoys you or causes trouble.[↗](../../nuisance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making a nuisance of yourself means bothering people.[↗](../../nuisance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a nuisance, I've lost my pencil again\![↗](../../nuisance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The flies were a real nuisance at the picnic.[↗](../../nuisance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop making a nuisance of yourself.[↗](../../nuisance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The barking dog is a nuisance to the neighbours.[↗](../../nuisance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We get lots of nuisance calls.[↗](../../nuisance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain is a nuisance on sports day.[↗](../../nuisance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · What a nuisance that I have to go to school\![↗](../../nuisance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nuke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A nuke is a nuclear weapon, a bomb of enormous power.[↗](../../nuke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To nuke a place is to attack it with nuclear weapons.[↗](../../nuke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) To nuke food is to heat it in a microwave.[↗](../../nuke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) To nuke something can mean to destroy or delete it completely, for example in a game or on a computer.[↗](../../nuke/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some countries have nukes.[↗](../../nuke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nukes were used only twice in war, in 1945.[↗](../../nuke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Just nuke the leftovers for two minutes.[↗](../../nuke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I accidentally nuked all my saved files.[↗](../../nuke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cold War was a time of fear about nukes.[↗](../../nuke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, he nuked the whole base.[↗](../../nuke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **null** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having no legal force; cancelled, so that it counts for nothing.[↗](../../null/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.[↗](../../null/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.30.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../null/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **numb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Numb means a part of your body cannot feel anything, for example from cold or from medicine.[↗](../../numb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Numb means feeling no emotion for a while, after a shock or sad news.[↗](../../numb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To numb is to make a part of the body lose feeling.[↗](../../numb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My fingers went numb in the snow.[↗](../../numb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist numbed my tooth before the filling.[↗](../../numb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My leg is numb because I sat on it.[↗](../../numb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt numb when she heard the sad news.[↗](../../numb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on gloves before your hands go numb.[↗](../../numb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cold water made my feet numb.[↗](../../numb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cream numbs the skin.[↗](../../numb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was numb with shock after the accident.[↗](../../numb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Her little hands were almost numbed with cold.[↗](../../numb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **number** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A number tells how many or how much, like 3 or 12.[↗](../../number/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A number is a written sign for an amount: the number 7.[↗](../../number/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A number is used to name or find something: a phone number, a house number.[↗](../../number/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A number of» means some or several: a number of children.[↗](../../number/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To number is to give numbers to things in order.[↗](../../number/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A number is also a song or a piece of music in a show.[↗](../../number/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Number one» means yourself (look after number one) or a wee; «number two» is a polite way to say a poo; «do a number on someone» means hurt or trick them; «your number's up» means your luck has run out.[↗](../../number/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (casual) «Get someone's number» means get their phone number.[↗](../../number/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) The exam voice says «quantity», «integer», «numeral», «figure», «cardinality», «magnitude», «value», «sum».[↗](../../number/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We always subtract the smaller number from the bigger one.[↗](../../number/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Multiply the number of groups by the size of one group.[↗](../../number/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What number is 4 more than 9?[↗](../../number/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the numbers from 1 to 20.[↗](../../number/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 7 is an odd number; 8 is an even number.[↗](../../number/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you know your home phone number?[↗](../../number/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Number the pages of your book.[↗](../../number/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A number of children were late.[↗](../../number/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir sang three numbers at the concert.[↗](../../number/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · whats ur number, i'll text u when we're there[↗](../../number/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum, I need a number two, where's the toilet?[↗](../../number/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · State the integer which exceeds 9 by 4.[↗](../../number/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · After them hopped in a number of squirrels.[↗](../../number/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel?[↗](../../number/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.[↗](../../number/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.1.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · As the LORD commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai.[↗](../../number/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.1.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there any number of His armies?[↗](../../number/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can number the clouds by wisdom?[↗](../../number/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?[↗](../../number/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../number/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **numberless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* So many that they cannot be counted; without number.[↗](../../numberless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stars in the sky were numberless.[↗](../../numberless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Numberless birds sang in the trees.[↗](../../numberless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had numberless wishes.[↗](../../numberless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **numbness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Numbness is the state of not being able to feel something in a part of your body, for example after cold or an injection.[↗](../../numbness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Numbness can also mean feeling no emotions for a while, often after shock or sad news.[↗](../../numbness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the dentist's injection, the numbness in my lip lasted two hours.[↗](../../numbness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt numbness in my toes after playing in the snow.[↗](../../numbness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitting cross-legged too long caused numbness in my leg.[↗](../../numbness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When she heard Grandad had passed away, she felt a strange numbness.[↗](../../numbness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The numbness wore off and then my arm started to tingle.[↗](../../numbness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors ask about numbness to check if nerves are hurt.[↗](../../numbness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **numeral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A numeral is a symbol or group of symbols that stands for a number, like 7 or VII.[↗](../../numeral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) A numeral is a word for a number, like «seven» or «seventh».[↗](../../numeral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write the number in numerals, not words.[↗](../../numeral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock face has Roman numerals.[↗](../../numeral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · XIV is the Roman numeral for fourteen.[↗](../../numeral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our numerals 0 to 9 came to Europe from India through Arab mathematicians.[↗](../../numeral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans had no numeral for zero.[↗](../../numeral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Henry VIII uses the Roman numeral for eight.[↗](../../numeral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «12» is a numeral, «twelve» is a word.[↗](../../numeral/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have changed the Indian mercantile numerals into those of English "back-slang," which make a very good parallel.[↗](../../numeral/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors.[↗](../../numeral/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../numeral/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../numeral/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../numeral/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 32 tMe origin or lettehs and numerals.[↗](../../numeral/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../numeral/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **numerate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To count or number things; in the Latin quotation it is a form meaning "counted.".[↗](../../numerate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pistorius gave " scriptis, numeratis, pronunciatis."[↗](../../numerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Postellus gave " Numerans, numerus, numeratus," thus losing the contrasted meanings ; and so did Rittangelius, who gave " Numero, numerante, numerate."[↗](../../numerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../numerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **numeration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) The way numbers are written, read and named, for example our place-value system with ten digits.[↗](../../numeration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Counting or numbering things.[↗](../../numeration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our system of numeration uses ten digits, 0 to 9.[↗](../../numeration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Roman numeration uses letters like I, V, X and L.[↗](../../numeration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Maya had a numeration system based on twenty.[↗](../../numeration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In numeration we learned to read big numbers like 4,056,000.[↗](../../numeration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Place value is the key idea of numeration.[↗](../../numeration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babylonian numeration was based on sixty, which is why an hour has sixty minutes.[↗](../../numeration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations.[↗](../../numeration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../numeration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations.[↗](../../numeration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../numeration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **numerical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with numbers or shown in numbers.[↗](../../numerical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In order of numbers: «in numerical order» means 1, 2, 3 and so on.[↗](../../numerical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the cards in numerical order, from smallest to biggest.[↗](../../numerical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer must be numerical, not a word.[↗](../../numerical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Height and weight are numerical data, but eye colour is not.[↗](../../numerical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The houses on our street are not in numerical order\![↗](../../numerical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each letter in the code has a numerical value.[↗](../../numerical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The test had numerical questions and word questions.[↗](../../numerical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finally Lutonya meets the counterpart of the well-known Irishman who, when counting the party to which he belongs, always forgets to count himself, and so gets into numerical difficulties.[↗](../../numerical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning.[↗](../../numerical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../numerical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **numerous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very many; a great number of: numerous mistakes.[↗](../../numerous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Made up of many people or things: a numerous family.[↗](../../numerous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have told you numerous times to tidy up.[↗](../../numerous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The library has numerous books about dinosaurs.[↗](../../numerous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There were numerous birds on the lake.[↗](../../numerous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She has won numerous medals for swimming.[↗](../../numerous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Numerous people came to the fair.[↗](../../numerous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars are too numerous to count.[↗](../../numerous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We found numerous mistakes in the story.[↗](../../numerous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a Friday, so these were more numerous than usual.[↗](../../numerous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete.[↗](../../numerous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../numerous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In spite of the numerous works written on Hebrew orthography since the beginning of the tenth century, there is not one which may be considered as really based on the Hebrew.[↗](../../numerous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../numerous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a numerous people.[↗](../../numerous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../numerous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **numskull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stupid or foolish person who is slow to understand.[↗](../../numskull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be such a numskull\![↗](../../numskull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant was a slow numskull.[↗](../../numskull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a numskull would forget his own name.[↗](../../numskull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nun** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A nun is a woman who has promised to give her life to God and lives in a religious community called a convent, following rules of prayer and work.[↗](../../nun/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion) Buddhist and some other religious traditions also have nuns.[↗](../../nun/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In the Torah "Nun" is a name, the father of Joshua; in the German text "nun" means "now".[↗](../../nun/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nuns ran a school for girls.[↗](../../nun/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A nun is often called «Sister».[↗](../../nun/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mother Teresa was a nun who cared for the poor in India.[↗](../../nun/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some nuns wear a black and white habit.[↗](../../nun/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nuns pray together many times each day.[↗](../../nun/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-aunt became a nun when she was young.[↗](../../nun/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Buddhist nuns shave their heads and wear robes.[↗](../../nun/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · On the brow of the mountain yonder is perched, like a swallow's nest, a lonely convent of nuns.[↗](../../nun/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.[↗](../../nun/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.[↗](../../nun/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.[↗](../../nun/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Nun his son, Joshua his son.[↗](../../nun/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.7.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.[↗](../../nun/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.[↗](../../nun/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.24.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nun/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.[↗](../../nun/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.16, JPS 1917) · In the German translation (p. 188) Wie dies nun die Kuh sah, die einst seine Mutter gewesen war.[↗](../../nun/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.[↗](../../nun/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/18/) **19** [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/18/) - next →: [page 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