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title: מָנוֹחַ — resting-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָנוֹחַ (4494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: resting-place. BDB 1906: n.m. resting-place, state condition of rest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָנוֹחַ

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«מָנוֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **resting-place** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 4494 · **BDB:** מָנוֹחַ²

### Glosses

a.resting.place (5); the.rest (1); your.resting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

resting-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4494/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. resting-place, state condition of rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4494/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. resting-place, state, or condition of rest;—abs. מ׳ Gn 8:9 + 4 times; cstr. מְנוֹחַ 1 Ch 6:16; pl. sf. 2 fs. מְנוּחָ֑יְכִי ψ 116:7 (Ges§ 91 l);— resting-place לְכַף רֶגֶל Gn 8:9 (J), cf. Dt 28:65 La 1:3; Is 34:14 (cf. also מְנֻחָה Gn 49:15). rest, repose of soul ψ 116:7 (pl. abstr. vel intens.); condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ru 3:1. with force of inf. (cf. Aramaic inf. c. מ pref.) מִמְּנוֹחַ הָאָרוֹן 1 Ch 6:16 from the coming to rest of the ark.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָנוֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 116:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.7/)

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שׁוּבִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכִי כִּֽי־יְ֝הוָ֗ה גָּמַ֥ל עָלָֽיְכִי׃

*Word for word:* return my.self my to your.resting place(s) (dm) Yahweh he.has.dealt.bountifully towards you

*JPS 1917:* Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

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[1 Chronicles 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.16/)

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וְאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱמִ֥יד דָּוִ֛יד עַל־יְדֵי־שִׁ֖יר בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה מִמְּנ֖וֹחַ הָאָרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are.those\].whom he.appointed David over \[the\].hands of.song the.house of.Yahweh from the.rest of the.ark

*JPS 1917:* And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

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