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title: נִחֻמִים — consoled · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִחֻמִים (5150), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: consoled. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִחֻמִים

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«נִחֻמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **consoled** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5150

### Glosses

comfort(s) (2); compassions (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

consoled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5150/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִחֻמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5150/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.13/)

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וַיַּ֣עַן יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים דְּבָרִ֖ים נִחֻמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Yahweh (et) the angel \[who was\].speaking with me words good words comfort(s)

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD answered the angel that spoke with me with good words, even comforting words —

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[Isaiah 57:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.18/)

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דְּרָכָ֥יו רָאִ֖יתִי וְאֶרְפָּאֵ֑הוּ וְאַנְחֵ֕הוּ וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֧ם נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* ways his I.have.seen and I will.heal.him and I will.lead.him and I.will.restore comfort(s) to him and to his mourners

*JPS 1917:* I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners.

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