נוּחַ
nuach · rest, resting place
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5118 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nuach (נוּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rest, resting place”.
Rest: the place or state of one who rests. It is of the same family as "rest" and "give rest."
How to say it
nu·ach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Quiet and peace after struggle; a place of quiet.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Chronicles 6:41
And now, arise, YHWH Elohim, to your rest, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, YHWH Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let your faithful ones rejoice in what is good.
- Esther 9:16
And the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed among those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.