Lexical Definition

‎הֲנָחָה‎ hănâchâh (han-aw-khaw') holiday ^H:N-F
from ‎נוּחַ‎

release.

• permission of rest, i.e. quiet

1) a day of rest, holiday, a giving of rest, holiday making

See Greek: ἄφεσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הֲנָחָה‎ noun feminine a giving of rest, i.e. perhaps holiday-making (compare ‎נוח‎ Hiph`il A; properly Infinitive, Sta^{§ 621 c} Ba^{NB 90}, compare Kö^{ii. 1, 402}); — ‎לַמְּדִינוֺת עָשָׂה‎ ‎׳‎‎וַה‎ Esth 2:18 and a holiday-making for the provinces be enacted, ᵑ9 requies; but ᵐ5 ἄφεσις, whence al. release from taxes, or amnesty.

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