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title: נֹחַם — sorrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹחַם (5164), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sorrow. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹחַם

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«נֹחַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sorrow** — 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:** 5164 · **BDB:** נֹ֫חַם

### Glosses

compassion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sorrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5164/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5164/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sorrow, repentance, Ho 13:14.

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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, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹחַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5164/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 13:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.14/)

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מִיַּ֤ד שְׁאוֹל֙ אֶפְדֵּ֔ם מִמָּ֖וֶת אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם אֱהִ֨י דְבָרֶיךָ֜מָ֗וֶת אֱהִ֤י קָֽטָבְךָ֙ שְׁא֔וֹל נֹ֖חַם יִסָּתֵ֥ר מֵעֵינָֽי׃

*Word for word:* from the.hand of.Sheol will I.ransom.them? from death will I.redeem.them? where? plagues \[are\].your O.death where? destruction \[is\].your O.Sheol compassion it.will.be.hidden from eyes my

*JPS 1917:* Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world? Shall I redeem them from death? Ho, thy plagues, O death! Ho, thy destruction, O nether-world! Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!

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