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נַ֫חַת
Nahath
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.31.13 § Nahath = "rest" 1) one of the dukes of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau 2) a Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai and grandson of Elkanah 3) an Levite overseer in the time of Hezekiah
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
I. נַ֫חַת noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol§ 164 c Sta§ 201 d Köii. 172 f.; > below נחת DlProl. 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.
III. נַ֫חַת
proper name, masculine 1. son of Reuel, grandson of Esau Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17 (P; ᵐ5 Ναχομ, Ναχοθ ᵐ5L Ναχεθ), 1Chr 1:37 (ᵐ5 Ναχες, A ᵐ5L Ναχεθ).
2. grandson of Elkanah 1Chr 6:11, ᵐ5 Καιναθ, ᵐ5L Νααθ; — probably corrupt for תּוֺחַ v.1Chr 6:19, or תֹּחוּ 1Sam 1:1 (see these words and Wede gent. 37 f. [who proposes תַּחַת for נַחַת], Dr1Sam 1:1).
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