Old Testament Hebrew Database

from 5162; comfortable; Nachum, an Isr. prophet:—Nahum.

from the same as 5170; snorer; Nachor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham:—Nahor.

appar. pass. part. of 5172 (perh. in the sense of ringing, i.e. bell-metal; or from the red color of the throat of a serpent [5175, as denom.] when hissing); coppery, i.e. (fig.) hard:—of brass.

fem. of 5153; copper:—brass, steel. Comp. 5176.

prob. denom. from 2485; a flute:—[plur.] Nehiloth.

from the same as 5170; a nostril:—[dual] nostrils.

a prim. root; to inherit (as a [fig.] mode of descent), or (gen.) to occupy; causat. to bequeath, or (gen.) distribute, instate:—divide, have ([inheritance]), take as an heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide [for, for an, by], give for, have, leave for, take [for]) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess (-ion).

or (fem.); from 5157 in its orig. sense; a stream, espec. a winter torrent; (by impl.) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

(Psa. 124:4), (Ezek. 47:19; 48:28)

from 5157 (in its usual sense); prop. something inherited, i.e. (abstr.) occupancy, or (concr.) an heir-loom; gen. an estate, patrimony or portion:—heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Comp. 5158.

from 5158 and 410; valley of God; Nachaliël, a place in the Desert:—Nahaliel.