H5207

נִיחֹחַ

ni.cho.achH:N-M

soothing

soothing, quieting, tranquillising Aramaic equivalent: ni.cho.ach (נִיחוֹחַ "soothing" H5208)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נִיחֹחַ and (Lev 1:9) נִיחוֺחַ43 noun [masculine] a quieting, soothing, tranquillizing (compare I. נַחַת Job 36:16) (ריח ניחח also on formative see 0l§ 187 b) Sta§ 233 BaNB § 142 Köii. 1, 151. 489, where, after PhilippiBas ii. 362, יִ֯ explanation as dissimilation from וֺ); — absolute ׳נ Gen 8:21 +; suffix נִיחֹתִי Num 28:2, נִיחֹחֲכֶם Lev 26:31, נִיחוֺחֵיהֶם Ezek 20:28 — a soothing, tranquillizing, only in phrase ׳רֵיח נ = soothing, tranquillizing odour of sacrifices acceptable to ׳י Gen 8:21 (J), Exod 29:18; Exod 29:25; Exod 29:41; Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 1:17 + 32 t. P. Ezek 20:41 of sacrifice to idols Ezek 6:13; Ezek 16:19; Ezek 20:28.



[נִרחוֺךְַ] noun [masculine] soothing, tranquillizing (probably Hebraism, see Biblical Hebrew id., √ נוּחַ (√ also ᵑ7 Syriac)); — plural נִיח(וֺ)חִין Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:46 i.e. soothing offerings.


40 occurrences

Genesis (1), Exodus (3), Leviticus (14), Numbers (18), Ezekiel (4)