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title: נָחֵת — descending · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָחֵת (5185), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: descending. BDB 1906: adj. descending. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָחֵת

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«נָחֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **descending** — 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:** 5185 · **BDB:** נָחֵת²

### Glosses

\[is\].descending (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

descending [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5185/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. descending [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5185/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. descending;—mpl. נְחִתִּים (on form cf. Köii. 81), 2 K 6:9 (to battle); but read prob. with Th Klo Benz after 𝔊 נֶחְבִּים hidden.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָחֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5185/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִשָּׁ֕מֶר מֵעֲבֹ֖ר הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־שָׁ֖ם אֲרָ֥ם נְחִתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the.man of.(the) God to the.king of.Israel (cmp) take.care from passing.by the place (the) this (dm) there Aram \[is\].descending

*JPS 1917:* And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying: 'Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Arameans are coming down.'

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