נח

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
נ־ו־ח (n-w-kh)

Compare Arabic أَنَاخَ (ʔanāḵa, to make a camel kneel).

Verb

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נָח (nákh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָנוּחַ, future יָנוּחַ)

  1. to rest
    • נתן גושן, ליבי
      אוי, ליבי, בא נָנוּחַ לכמה דקות. כבר הובלת אלפי מלחמות וזה אני שאושף את שבריך אלי.
Conjugation
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Adjective

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נָח (nakh)

  1. (grammar, of a letter) mute

Adjective

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נֹחַ (nóakh)

  1. defective spelling of נוח.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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נֹחַ (nóakhm

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Noah
  2. (biblical, religion) Noah (a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood)
Derived terms
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References

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Further reading

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh).

Proper noun

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נח (noyekhm

  1. Noah