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title: נַחוּם — Nahum · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחוּם (5151), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Nahum. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחוּם

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«נַחוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nahum** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5151 · **BDB:** נַחוּם

### Glosses

of.Nahum (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nahum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5151/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5151/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (comfort) the prophet Nahum, Na 1:1, 𝔊 Ναουμ. נַחוּם comforting, full of comfort (sc. is י׳? cf. ARSKDB nahum DrNa 1, 1, Century Bible).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַחוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5151/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א נִֽינְוֵ֑ה סֵ֧פֶר חֲז֛וֹן נַח֖וּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Nineveh the.document of.the.vision of.Nahum the Elkoshite

*JPS 1917:* THE BURDEN of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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