STRONGS NUMBER H5183


Word Summary
Nachath: quietness, rest
Original Word: נַחַת
Transliteration: Nachath
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ath)
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: quietness, rest
Meaning: a descent, imposition, unfavorable, favorable, restfulness
Strong's Concordance
lighting down, quietness, to rest, be set on

From nchath; a descent, i.e. Imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); also (intransitively; perhaps from nuwach), restfulness -- lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.

see HEBREW nchath

see HEBREW nuwach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5183. Nachath

I. נַ֫חַתnoun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol§ 164 c Sta§ 201 dii. 172 f.; > below נחת‎ DlProl. 118 ff.); — ׳נIsaiah 30:15 2t., נָ֑חַתJob 17:16 2t.; construct נַ֫חַת36:16; —

1 quietness, quiet attitude Isaiah 30:15 ("" הַשְׁקֵט‎); בְּנ חֲכָמִים ׳דִּבְרֵי נִשְׁמָעִיםEcclesiastes 9:17; opposed to רוּחַ וּרְעוּת עָמָל4:6; opposed to שָׂחַק רָגַז,Proverbs 29:9; of comfort of one's table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, ׳וְנ דָ֑שֶׁן מָלֵא שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָJob 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 21:13); of a stillborn child Ecclesiastes 6:5. — II, III.נַחַת‎ see נחת‎.

II. נַ֫חַתnoun [masculine] descent; — only construct, of ׳י‎s arm in judgment Isaiah 30:30. — I.נַחַת‎ see below נוח‎.