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title: נַחַת — Nahath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחַת (5184), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Nahath. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחַת

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«נַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nahath** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5184 · **BDB:** נַ֫חַת³

### Glosses

Nahath (4); \[were\].Nahath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nahath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Reuel, grandson of Esau Gn 36:13, 17 (P; 𝔊 Ναχομ, Ναχοθ, 𝔊L Ναχεθ), 1 Ch 1:37 (𝔊 Ναχες, A 𝔊L Ναχεθ). grandson of Elkanah 1 Ch 6:11, 𝔊 Καιναθ, 𝔊L Νααθ;—prob. crpt. for תּוֹחַ v 19, or תֹּחוּ 1 S 1:1 (v. these words and Wede Gent. 37 f. \[who proposes תַּחַת for נַחַת\], Dr 1 S 1:1). an overseer, Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 31:13, 𝔊 Μαεθ, A Ναεθ, 𝔊L Νααθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.37/)

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בְּנֵ֖י רְעוּאֵ֑ל נַ֥חַת זֶ֖רַח שַׁמָּ֥ה וּמִזָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Reuel \[were\].Nahath Zerah Shammah and Mizzah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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[1 Chronicles 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.11/)

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אֶלְקָנָ֑ה בְּנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה צוֹפַ֥י בְּנ֖וֹ וְנַ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Elkanah the.sons Elkanah Zophai son his and Nahath son his

*JPS 1917:* As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son;

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