Lexical Definition

‎מָנוֹחַ‎ mânôwach (maw-no'-akh) resting ^H:N-M
from ‎נוּחַ‎

(place of) rest.

• quiet, i.e. (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home

1) resting place, state or condition of rest, place
1a) resting place
1b) rest, repose, condition of rest
1c) coming to rest

See Greek: στάσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מָנוֺחַ‎ noun masculine resting-place, state, or condition of rest; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 8:9 + 4 t.; construct ‎מְנוֺחַ‎ 1Chr 6:16* plural suffix 2 feminine singular ‎מְנוּחָ֑יְכִי‎ Ps 116:7 (Ges^{«GKC:91»§ 91} l); —

1. resting-place ‎לְכַף רֶגֶל‎ Gen 8:9 (J), compare Deut 28:65; Lam 1:3; Isa 34:14 (compare also ‎מְנֻחָה‎ Gen 49:15).

2. rest, repose of soul Ps 116:7 (plural abstract or intensive); condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ruth 3:1.

3. with force of infinitive (compare Aramaic infinitive with ‎מ‎ prefix) ‎מִמְּנוֺחַ הָאָרוֺן‎ 1Chr 6:16* from the coming to rest of the ark.

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