מָנוֹחַ
ma.no.ach
“resting”
Definition
quiet, i.e. (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home
from H5117 (נוּחַ);
- resting place, state or condition of rest, place 1a) resting place 1b) rest, repose, condition of rest 1c) coming to rest
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָנוֹחַ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas,and one wild goat will call to another.There the night creature will settleand find her place of repose.
Judah has gone into exileunder affliction and harsh slavery;she dwells among the nationsbut finds no place to rest.All her pursuers have overtaken herin the midst of her distress.
One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
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