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# נַחַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5184

**Nahath** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Nahath [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נַ֫חַת³: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Reuel, grandson of Esau Gn 36:13, 17 (P; 𝔊 Ναχομ, Ναχοθ, 𝔊L Ναχεθ), 1 Ch 1:37 (𝔊 Ναχες, A 𝔊L Ναχεθ). grandson of Elkanah 1 Ch 6:11, 𝔊 Καιναθ, 𝔊L Νααθ;—prob. crpt. for תּוֹחַ v 19, or תֹּחוּ 1 S 1:1 (v. these words and Wede Gent. 37 f. \[who proposes תַּחַת for נַחַת\], Dr 1 S 1:1). an overseer, Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 31:13, 𝔊 Μαεθ, A Ναεθ, 𝔊L Νααθ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Nahath (4); \[were\] Nahath (1).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 1:37](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.37/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.37/#tree)

בְּנֵ֖י רְעוּאֵ֑ל נַ֥חַת זֶ֖רַח שַׁמָּ֥ה וּמִזָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Reuel \[were\].Nahath Zerah Shammah and Mizzah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

[1 Chronicles 6:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.11/#tree)

אֶלְקָנָ֑ה בְּנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה צוֹפַ֥י בְּנ֖וֹ וְנַ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* Elkanah the.sons Elkanah Zophai son his and Nahath son his

*JPS 1917:* As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5184.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5184/): 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).