נוּחַ
nûaḥ
rest
Strong's H5117VerbHebrewTWOT 1323

נוּחַ (nûaḥ) is a Hebrew verb meaning rest. It appears 67 times in 23 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5117).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1323)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1323)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…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נוּחַ verb: rest

Strong's H3240 יָנַח: to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV:bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to H5117, and the others here.)

Strong's H5117 נוּחַ: to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
KJV:cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:4Exodus 17:11Numbers 10:36

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