נַחַת
Nachath · H5183 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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Literally: descent of (God's) arm; hence: action by which deities punish humans, described in terms of a physical blow (descending (of God's arm))
ExamplesIsaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His voice of authority to be heard, And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger, And in the flame of a consuming fire In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
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set, placed
Causative action by which an object is placed in a certain location
ExamplesJob 36:16 “Then indeed, He induced you away from the mouth of distress, And instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And your table was full of rich food.
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quietness
State in which humans refrain from shouting or speaking loudly
ExamplesProverbs 29:9 When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person, The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 The words of the wise heard in calm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
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confidence
Literally: quietness; hence: state in which people live in quiet confidence and peace of mind
ExamplesEcclesiastes 4:6 One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:5 “It has not even seen the sun nor does it know it; yet it is better off than that man.
Isaiah 30:15 For this is what the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing,
How it’s used In 6 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 2 groups
- זְרוֹעַarm, strength 1
- שֻׁלְחָןtable 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- זֶהthis 1
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כַּףpalm, hand 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀνάπαυσις anápausis · G372 · to cease, to stop, rest
- Greek ἀνάπαυσις denotes rest as cessation/intermission from labor or activity, corresponding to Hebrew נַחַת's sense of quietness and rest; both capture the state of being settled or at peace.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Chastise002003002005
- The domain classification here reflects the word's use in Job 36:16, where quietness follows the LORD's disciplining response drawing Job "away from the mouth of distress," tying quietness to the outcome of divine correction.
- Dead002001001018
- This entry carries no independent "Dead" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of נַחַת (e.g. Proverbs 29:9, Isaiah 30:15) concerns rest or quietness, not death. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense, illustrated at Isaiah 30:15 ("in repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength").
- Space002002001017
- The word denotes a broad, spacious place free of constraint, as Job is led "into a broad place with no constraint" (Job 36:16), tying quietness to an open, unconstrained physical setting.
- Non-Speak002004001009004
- The word is associated with the calm, quiet words of the wise being better heard "in calm" than the shouting of a ruler among fools (Ecclesiastes 9:17), tying quietness to a hushed, non-vociferous mode of speech.
- Confident002001002003
- The word denotes a settled ease or contentment, as one hand full of rest is better than two fists full of toil (Ecclesiastes 4:6), tying quietness to a secure, undisturbed state of mind.
- Names of People003001007
- This entry carries no independent personal-name sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the common noun for quietness or rest, as in “One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind” (Ecclesiastes 4:6). The “Names of People” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme נַחַת (Nachath, H5184) rather than independently attested here.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5183. Nachath I. נַ֫חַת noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below)…
I. נַ֫חַת noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol§ 164 c Sta§ 201 d Köii. 172 f.; > below נחת DlProl. 118 ff.); — ׳נ Isa 30:15 Isa 30:2t., נָ֑חַת Job 17:16 Job 17:2t.; construct נַ֫חַת Job 36:16; —
1 quietness, quiet attitude Isa 30:15 (|| הַשְׁקֵט); בְּנ חֲכָמִים ׳דִּבְרֵי נִשְׁמָעִים Ecc 9:17; opposed to רוּחַ וּרְעוּת עָמָל Ecc 4:6; opposed to שָׂחַק רָגַז, Pro 29:9; of comfort of one's table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, ׳וְנ דָ֑שֶׁן מָלֵא שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָ Job 36:16 the comfort of thy table, which (i.e. the table) was full of fat (Di, compare Bu; > that which is set on thy table shall be, etc. De and others, making ׳נ subject of מָלֵא, and so masculine).
2 rest of death Job 17:16 read נֵחָ֑ת (ᵐ5 Du Dr), √ נחת = descend (compare Job 21:13); of a stillborn child Ecc 6:5. — II, III.נַחַת see נחת.
II. נַ֫חַת noun [masculine] descent; — only construct, of ׳יs arm in judgment Isa 30:30. — I.נַחַת see below נוח.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 entries
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
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