--- title: נְחֵת — descend · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: נְחֵת (lemma:נְחֵת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: descend. BDB 1906: vb. descend. 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BH (poet., and late));— Pt. נָחִ֑ת Dn 4:10, 20 (both מִן־שְׁמַיָּא). deposit, ב loc.: Impf. 2 ms. תַּחֵת (K§ 42, b)) Ezr 6:5 (GuHpt reads 3 mpl.); Imv. ms. אֲחֵת (K§ 15 d)) 5:15 (acc. rei); Pt. pass. pl. מְהַחֲתִין 6:1 (were) deposited. (WCG 225) be deposed: Pf. 3 ms. הָנְחַת Dn 5:20 (מִן־כָּרְסֵא). ### Jastrow 1903 נְחַת: to go down Pa to put down to lower, remove Af to put down, rest; to let come down Part. pass placed, resting, lying; inlaid to be brought down to be settled Ithpe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d7_5b5_5ea/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** , to go down. Impf. יֵחוֹת, inf. מֵיחָת, מֵיחוּת, imper. חוֹת. Targ. Ex. XV, 5. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIV, 26; a. fr.—\[Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIX, 23 למִנְחֲתָא, some ed. למִנְחַתָּא, read: למְנַחֲתָא Pa.\]—Sabb. 41ᵃ כי נָחֵית when one is going down (to bathe). Ib. כי קא נָחֲתֵי when they were going down. Meg. 25ᵃ ההוא דנ׳ וכ׳ a man went down (to the praying desk) in the presence of \&c. B. Kam. 39ᵃ נ׳ לעומק וכ׳ goes down to the depth of the law; a. fr.—B. Bath. 133ᵃ נַחֲתָא לדיקלא she seizes the palm-tree for her widowhood, v. יָרַד. to put down. Yoma 47ᵃ ונַחֲתֵיה וכ׳ and let him put down the pan; v. חֲתֵי I. to lower, remove. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIX, 23 (v. supra; Y. I למַחְתָּא Af.). to put down, rest; to let come down. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 56 (h. text הַצֵּג). Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 23, v. supra. Targ. O. ib. II, 5. Targ. Ez. XXIII, 15; a. fr.—Part. pass. מַחַת (מָחֵית); f. מַתֲתָא; pl. מַחֲתִין; מַחֲתָן placed, resting, lying; inlaid. Targ. O. Gen. VIII, 11 (ed. Vien. נָחִית; Y. מְחִית). Targ. Jer. XXIV, 1. Targ. Esth. VIII, 15; a. fr.—Pesik. B’shall., p. 91ᵃ והוא מַנְחֵית לכון and he will take bread down out of the oven (cmp. רָדָה II). Taan. 21ᵇ הוה מָחֵית גברי וכ׳ used to place men apart \&c. Sabb. 101ᵃ גוד אָחֵית וכ׳, v. נְגַד. Ned. 91ᵇ הוו מַחֲתָן תחלי וכ׳ cress was deposited there. B. Bath. 69ᵃ, a. fr. to be brought down. Targ. Gen. XXXIX, 1. Targ. Ez. XXXI, 17; a. fr.—Y. Peah XIII, 21ᵃ bot. איתנחת מן ניכסוי became poor, v. יָרַד; Y. Keth. XI, 34ᵇ bot. (of an argument) to be settled. B. Bath. 129ᵃ אִנַּחֲתַת לן חדא, v. נוּחַ Ithpe. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נְחֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d7_5b5_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.10/) חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י וַאֲלוּ֙ עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֖א נָחִֽת׃ *Word for word:* seeing I.was in the.visions of my.head on bed my and lo! a.watcher and a.holy.\[one\] from the heavens \[was\].coming.down *JPS 1917:* I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. [Ezra 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.1/) בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃ *Word for word:* then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures \[were\].deposited there in Babylon *JPS 1917:* Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon. - ← previous: [נְחָשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d7_5b8_5e9_5c1.md) - next →: [נְטַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d8_5b7_5dc.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1504.md)