נח

עברית

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נח¹

  • /naχ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Arabic أَنَاخَ (ʔanāḵa, “to make a camel kneel”).

verb נָח · nákh · לָנוּחַ · יָנוּחַ · -

  1. construction pa'al to rest אוי, ליבי, בא נָנוּחַ לכמה דקות. כבר הובלת אלפי מלחמות וזה אני שאושף את שבריך אלי.

adjective נָח · nakh · נָחָה · נָחִים · נָחוֹת

  1. resting
  2. of a letter mute שווא נח / שְׁוָא נָח

נח²

adjective נֹחַ · nóakh

  1. misspelling defective spelling of נוח

נח³

  • /ˈno.aχ/ Modern Israeli

proper noun נֹחַ · nóakh

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Noah
  2. Noah (a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood)

In English

  • rest intransitive: take repose
  • Noah biblical character

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {נח},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A0%D7%97},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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