Word

נֶחָמָה

nechâmâh · H5165 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

consolation

State in which humans experience relief after a period of stress, due to various possible reasons

Examples
Job 6:10 “But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Psalm 119:50 This is my comfort in my misery, That Your word has revived me.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

יmy 2

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

זֹאתthis 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

מָנוֹחַ mânôwach · H4494 · rest, peace of mind, peace: Both terms denote psychological or physical respite — rest and comfort — overlapping states of relief.
מְנוּחָה mᵉnûwchâh · H4496 · rest, peace of mind, peace: One term ("rest, quiet, resting place") and the other ("comfort") overlap in the sense of relief from distress or discomfort, and could plausibly substitute for each other in contexts of emotional or physical respite.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Relief002001002023: נֶחָמָה denotes comfort, occurring at Job 6:10 (Job's desired "comfort" amid unrelenting pain) and Psalm 119:50 (comfort found in the LORD's promise), tying the word to consolation amid distress.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָחַם nâcham · H5162 · to comfort, to console, to reassure · 108×תַּנְחוּם tanchûwm · H8575 · consolation · 5×נִחוּם nichûwm · H5150 · compassion, comfort · 3×נֶחָמָהnechâmâh · H5165נֹחַם nôcham · H5164 · compassion · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5165. nechamah [נֶחָמָה] noun feminine comfort, suffix נֶחָמָתִי Psa 119:50; Job 6:10.

H5165. nechamah
[נֶחָמָה] noun feminine comfort, suffix נֶחָמָתִי Psa 119:50; Job 6:10.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Relief2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0