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title: נַחַם — Naham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחַם (5163), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Naham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחַם

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«נַחַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naham** — 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:** 5163 · **BDB:** נַ֫חַם

### Glosses

of.Naham (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5163/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5163/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (comfort), a chieftain of Judah 1 Ch 4:19; 𝔊 Ναχεθ, A Ναχεμ, 𝔊L Ναουμ.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַחַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5163/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.19/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת הֽוֹדִיָּ֔ה אֲח֣וֹת נַ֔חַם אֲבִ֥י קְעִילָ֖ה הַגַּרְמִ֑י וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ הַמַּעֲכָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.the.wife of.Hodiah the.sister of.Naham \[were\].the.father of.Keilah (the) Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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