מְנוּחָה
mĕnûḥâ
resting-place
Strong's H4496NounHebrewTWOT 1323f

מְנוּחָה (mĕnûḥâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning resting-place. It appears 22 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4496).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1323f)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1323f)resting-place, rest; repose, peacefully, consolation, matrimony, abode, quiet; comfortable, ease, still
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְנוּחָה noun, feminine: resting-place, rest

Strong's H4496 מְנוּחָה: repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
KJV:comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.

Strong's H5118 נוּחַ: quiet
KJV:rest(-ed, -ing place).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1323: יָנַח yānaḥ — rest; settle down and remain, repose, be quiet, have rest; cause to rest, give rest, light, lay, set down, deposit, let lie, let remain, leave, abandon, let alone, permit; space left, open space; allow to stay, settle, dwell, stay…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:15Numbers 10:33Judges 20:43

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