Lexical Definition

‎מְנוּחָה‎ mᵉnûwchâh (men-oo-khaw') Nohah ^H:N-F
or מְנֻחָה mᵉnuchâh (menoo-khaw'); feminine of ‎מָנוֹחַ‎

comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.

• repose or (adverbially) peacefully
• figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony)
• hence (concretely) an abode

1) resting place, rest
1a) resting place
1b) rest, quietness

See Greek: κατάπαυσις

Extended Information

• Also means: nu.ach (‎נו‎ּ‎ח‎ַ "rest" נוּחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְנוּחָה‎, ‎מְנֻחָה‎ noun feminine resting-place, rest; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Mic 2:10 +, ‎מְנֻחָה‎ Gen 49:15 (but see below), 2Sam 14:17 suffix ‎מְנוּחָתִי‎ Ps 95:11 + 2 t., ‎מְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 132:8 = 2Chr 6:41 (where read as in Psalms, for anomalous ‎לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ‎ MT), ‎מְנֻחָתוֺ‎ Isa 11:10; Zech 9:1 plural ‎מְנוּחֹת‎ Isa 32:18, ‎מְנֻחוֺת‎ Ps 23:2 —

1. resting-place Mic 2:10; Num 10:33 (JE), Deut 12:9 (+ ‎הַנַּחֲלָה‎) so Ps 95:11 (‎׳‎‎י‎'s resting- plural), compare Ps 132:8 = 2Chr 6:41 (see above), Ps 132:14; Isa 66:1 (|| ‎בַּיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי‎), compare ‎׳‎‎לַאֲרוֺן וגו‎ ‎׳‎‎בֵּית מ‎ 1Chr 28:2 also Isa 11:10 probably also Gen 49:15 (|| ‎טוֺב הָאָרֶץ‎ here is apparently substantive, ⅏ reads adjective ‎טוֺבָה‎; but read perhaps ‎מְנֻחהֹ‎, his resting-place, from ‎מָנוֺחַ‎, Ball^Hpt Holz after ᵑ6); ‎מְנוּחֹת שַׁאֲנַנּוֺת‎ Isa 32:18 (+ ‎נְוֵה שָׁלוֺם‎, ‎מִשְׁכְּנוֺת מִבְטַחִים‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s word Zech 9:1 resting-place on journey, in ‎׳‎‎שַׂר מ‎ Jer 51:59 (Ew Gf Gie and others); figurative for security, assurance 2Sam 14:17 (taken from resting, equilibrium, of scale according to Klo).

2. rest, quietness, plural ‎מֵי מְנֻחוֺת‎ Ps 23:2 = refreshment Isa 28:12 (|| ‎מַרְגֵּעָה‎); rest (from enemies) = peace 1Kgs 8:56 (compare 1Kgs 5:18*), ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ מ‎ 1Chr 22:9 a man of peace (compare ‎הֵנִיחַ‎ v^b); = relief from sorrow Jer 45:3 condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ruth 1:9 (= ‎מָנוֺחַ‎ Ruth 3:1). — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 20:43 is perhaps proper name, compare GFM.

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