Lexical Definition

‎נַחַת‎ Nachath (nakh'-ath) quietness ^H:N
from ‎נְחַת‎; also (intransitively; perhaps from ‎נוּחַ‎)

lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.

• a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food)
• restfulness

1) rest, quietness
1a) quietness, quiet attitude
1b) rest (of death)
2) descent (of judgment)

See Greek: θυμός

Extended Information

• descent (of judgment)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: נַחַת

I. ‎נַ֫חַת‎ noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol^{§ 164 c} Sta^{§ 201 d} Kö^{ii. 172 f.}; > below ‎נחת‎ Dl^{Prol. 118 ff.}); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 30:15 + 2 t., ‎נָ֑חַת‎ Job 17:16 + 2 t.; construct ‎נַ֫חַת‎ Job 36:16 —

1. quietness, quiet attitude Isa 30:15 (|| ‎הַשְׁקֵט‎); ‎נִשְׁמָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים בְּנ‎ Eccl 9:17 opposed to ‎עָמָל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ‎ Eccl 4:6 opposed to ‎רָגַז‎, ‎שָׂחַק‎ Prov 29:9 of comfort of one's table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, ‎שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָ מָלֵא דָ֑שֶׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎וְנ‎ Job 36:16 the comfort of thy table, which (i.e. the table) was full of fat (Di, compare Bu; > that which is set on thy table shall be, etc. De and others, making ‎׳‎‎נ‎ subject of ‎מָלֵא‎, and so masculine).

2. rest of death Job 17:16 read ‎נֵחָ֑ת‎ (‎ᵐ5‎ Du Dr), √ ‎נחת‎ = descend (compare Job 21:13); of a stillborn child Eccl 6:5. — II, III. ‎נַחַת‎ see ‎נחת‎.

II. ‎נַ֫חַת‎ noun [masculine] descent; — only construct, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s arm in judgment Isa 30:30. — I. ‎נַחַת‎ see below ‎נוח‎.

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