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# מְנוּחָה

Biblical Hebrew

**resting-place** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

resting-place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְנוּחָה: n.f. resting-place, rest [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. resting-place, rest;—abs. מ׳ Mi 2:10 +, מְנֻחָה Gn 49:15 (but v. infr.), 2 S 14:17; sf. מְנוּחָתִי ψ 95:11 + 2 times, מְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 132:8 = 2 Ch 6:41 (where read as in ψ, for anom. לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ MT), מְנֻחָתוֹ Is 11:10 Zc 9:1; pl. מְנוּחֹת Is 32:18, מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2;— resting-place Mi 2:10 Nu 10:33 (JE), Dt 12:9 (+ הַנַּחֲלָה) so ψ 95:11 (י׳’s resting-pl.), cf. 132:8 = 2 Ch 6:41 (v. supr.), ψ 132:14 Is 66:1 (‖ בַּיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי), cf. בֵּית מ׳ לַאֲרוֹן וגו׳ 1 Ch 28:2; also Is 11:10; prob. also Gn 49:15 (‖ הָאָרֶץ; טוֹב here is appar. subst., Sam. reads adj. טוֹבָה; but read perhaps מְנֻחֹה, his resting-place, from מָנוֹחַ, BallHpt Holz after 𝔖); מְנוּחֹת שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת Is 32:18 (+ נְוֵה שָׁלוֹם, מִשְׁכְּנוֹת מִבְטַחִים); of י׳’s word Zc 9:1; resting- place on journey, in שַׂר מ׳ Je 51:59 (Ew Gf Gie al.); fig. for security, assurance 2 S 14:17 (taken from resting, equilibrium, of scale according to Klo). rest, quietness, pl. מֵי מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2; = refreshment Is 28:12 (‖ מַרְגֵּעָה); rest (from enemies) = peace 1 K 8:56 (cf. 5:18), אִישׁ מ׳ 1 Ch 22:9 a man of peace (cf. הֵנִיחַ v b); = relief from sorrow Je 45:3; condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ru 1:9 (= מָנוֹחַ 3:1).—מ׳ Ju 20:43 is perhaps n.pr., cf. GFM.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Menuchite\[s\] (1).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 2:52](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.52/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.52/#tree)

וַיִּהְי֤וּ בָנִים֙ לְשׁוֹבָ֔ל אֲבִ֖י קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים הָרֹאֶ֖החֲצִ֥י הַמְּנֻחֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and they.belonged sons to Shobal the.father of Kiriath.Jearim Haroeh (the).half of.(the) Menuchite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Menuhoth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).