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title: נֶחָמָה — comfort · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֶחָמָה (5165), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: comfort. BDB 1906: n.f. comfort. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֶחָמָה

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«נֶחָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **comfort** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5165 · **BDB:** נֶחָמָה

### Glosses

comfort (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

comfort [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5165/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. comfort [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5165/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. comfort, sf. נֶחָמָתִי ψ 119:50 Jb 6:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֶחָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5165/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.50/)

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זֹ֣את נֶחָמָתִ֣י בְעָנְיִ֑י כִּ֖י אִמְרָתְךָ֣ חִיָּֽתְנִי׃

*Word for word:* this comfort \[is\].my in affliction my (cmp) word your it has.preserved.me.alive

*JPS 1917:* This is my comfort in my affliction, that Thy word hath quickened me.

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[Job 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.10/)

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וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד ׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and may.it.be still comfort my and may.I.jump in anguish \[which\].not it.relents (dm) not I.have.hidden \[the\].words of.\[the\].holy.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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