Nahum

See also: Nahúm

English

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Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhum, “consolation”).

Proper noun

Nahum

1. A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Nah.

2. The minor prophet who wrote that book.
3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1853, Wiltshire Stanton Austin & John Ralph, The Lives of the Poets-Laureate, page 197.

     Nahum Tate's grandfather and father were both clergymen.

Related terms

• Nehemiah

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Nahum (af)
• Basque: Nahum (eu)
• Breton: Nahoum (br) m
• Catalan: Nahum
• Cebuano: Nahum
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 那鴻書／那鸿书 (naa⁴ hung⁴ syu¹), 那鸿书 (naa⁴ hung⁴ syu¹)

  Mandarin: 那鴻書／那鸿书 (zh) (Nàhóngshū), 那鸿书 (zh) (Nàhóngshū)

  Min Dong: 拿溫書／拿温书 (Nā-ŭng-cṳ̆)

• Corsican: Naume (co)
• Czech: Nahum
• Danish: Nahum
• Dutch: Nahum (nl)
• Estonian: Nahum (et)
• Finnish: Nahum (fi) m
• French: Nahum (fr) m
• German: Nahum (de)
• Greek: Ναούμ (el) m (Naoúm)
• Hawaiian: Nahuma
• Hebrew: נַחוּם (Nakhum)
• Hungarian: Náhum (hu)
• Icelandic: Nahúm (is) m
• Ido: Nahum (io)
• Irish: Leabhar Nahúm m, Nahúm (ga) m
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• Italian: Naum (it)
• Japanese: ナホム書 (Nahomu sho)
• Kazakh: Нақұм (Naqūm)
• Latin: Nahum (la)
• Latvian: Nahuma (lv)
• Limburgish: Nahum (li)
• Lithuanian: Nahumo knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Naħum m
• Maori: Nahumu
• Norwegian: Nahum (no)
• Polish: Księga Nahuma
• Portuguese: Naum (pt)
• Romanian: Naum m
• Russian: Нау́м (ru) m (Naúm), Наху́м m (Naxúm)
• Scots: Nahum
• Scottish Gaelic: Nahum (gd) m
• Slovak: Nahum
• Slovene: Nahum (sl) m
• Spanish: Naún (es) m
• Swahili: Nahumu (sw)
• Swedish: Nahum
• Tagalog: Nahum (tl)
• Waray-Waray: Nahum
• Welsh: Nahum (cy) m
• West Frisian: Nahum
• Zealandic: Nahum

Anagrams

• Human, human

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Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Proper noun

1. (biblical) Nahum (prophet)
2. (biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

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French

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Proper noun

Nahum m

1. (biblical) Nahum (prophet)
2. (biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɦum/

Proper noun

Nahum

1. (religion) Nahum