H5151

נַחוּם

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Nahum

A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Nam.1.1 § Nahum = "comfort" the Elkoshite, prophet who predicted the fall and destruction of Nineveh; writer of the book by his name; personal history and situation unknown

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נַחוּם proper name, masculine (comfort) the prophet Nahum, Nah 1:1, ᵐ5 Ναουμ.

**נַחוּם < = comforting, full of comfort (namely, is ׳י ? compare ARSK^{DB NAHUM} Dr^{Nah 1:1, Century Bible}).

1 occurrence

Nahum 1:1