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STRONGS NUMBER H5183
Transliteration: Nachath
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ath)
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: quietness, rest
Meaning: a descent, imposition, unfavorable, favorable, restfulness
Word Summary
Nachath: quietness, rest
Original Word: נַחַתTransliteration: Nachath
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ath)
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: quietness, rest
Meaning: a descent, imposition, unfavorable, favorable, restfulness
Strong's Concordance
lighting down, quietness, to rest, be set on From nchath; a descent, i.e. Imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); also (intransitively; perhaps from nuwach), restfulness -- lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.
see HEBREW nchath
see HEBREW nuwach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5183. Nachath
I. נַ֫חַת noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol§ 164 c Sta§ 201 d Köii. 172 f.; > below נחת DlProl. 118 ff.); — ׳נ Isaiah 30:15 2t., נָ֑חַת Job 17:16 2t.; construct נַ֫חַת 36:16; —
1 quietness, quiet attitude Isaiah 30:15 ("" הַשְׁקֵט); בְּנ חֲכָמִים ׳דִּבְרֵי נִשְׁמָעִים Ecclesiastes 9:17; opposed to רוּחַ וּרְעוּת עָמָל 4:6; opposed to שָׂחַק רָגַז, Proverbs 29:9; of comfort of one's table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, ׳וְנ דָ֑שֶׁן מָלֵא שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָ Job 36:16 the comfort of thy table, which (i.e. the table) was full of fat (Di, compare Bu; > that which is set on thy table shall be, etc. De and others, making ׳נ subject of מָלֵא, and so masculine).
2 rest of death Job 17:16 read נֵחָ֑ת (ᵐ5 Du Dr), √ נחת = descend (compare 21:13); of a stillborn child Ecclesiastes 6:5. — II, III.נַחַת see נחת.
II. נַ֫חַת noun [masculine] descent; — only construct, of ׳יs arm in judgment Isaiah 30:30. — I.נַחַת see below נוח.