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title: נִיחֹחַ — a quieting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִיחֹחַ (5207), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: a quieting. BDB 1906: quieting, soothing, tranquillizing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִיחֹחַ

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«נִיחֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a quieting** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 5207 · **BDB:** נִיחֹחַ

### Glosses

of.soothing (39); my.soothing (1); soothing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a quieting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5207/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

quieting, soothing, tranquillizing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5207/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Lv 1:9) נִיחוֹחַ43 n.\[m.\] a quieting, soothing, tranquillizing (cf. i. נַחַת Jb 36:16) (ריח ניחח also Ecclus 45:16 c; on format. v. Ol§ 187 b Sta§ 233 BaNB § 142 Köii. 1, 151, 489, where, after PhilippiBAS ii. 362, ִי expl. as dissim. from וֹ);— abs. נ׳ Gn 8:21 +; sf. נִיחֹחִי Nu 28:2, נִיחֹחֲכֶם Lv 26:31, נִיחוֹחֵיהֶם Ez 20:28;—a soothing, tranquilizing, only in phr. רֵיח נ׳ = soothing, tranquillizing odour of sacrifices acceptable to י׳ Gn 8:21 (J), Ex 29:18, 25, 41 Lv 1:9, 13, 17 + 32 times P. Ez 20:41; of sacrif. to idols † Ez 6:13; 16:19; 20:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִיחֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5207/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.7/)

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וְיַ֥יִן לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and wine for the.drink offering (the).third of.(the) hin you.will.bring.near an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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[Numbers 28:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.28.6/)

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עֹלַ֖ת תָּמִ֑יד הָעֲשֻׂיָה֙ בְּהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.burnt.offering of.continuity \[which was\].instituted at the.mountain of.Sinai to an.odor of.soothing a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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