נח

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ו־ח (n-w-kh)
11 terms

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

Verb

נָח • (nákh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָנוּחַ, future יָנוּחַ)

  1. to rest
    • 2013, Nathan Goshen, “ליבי [My Heart]”, in בין כל הרעשים [ben kol har'ashím, In All The Noise]:
      אוי, ליבי, בא נָנוּחַ לכמה דקות. כבר הובלת אלפי מלחמות וזה אני שאושף את שבריך אלי.
      Oh, my heart, let's rest for a few minutes. You've already led thousands of wars and it's me that picks up your pieces.
Conjugation
Conjugation of נָח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָנוּחַ
action noun —
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נַחְתִּי נַחְנוּ
second נַחְתָּ נַחְתְּ נַחְתֶּם נַחְתֶּן
third נָח נָחָה נָחוּ
present נָח נָחָה נָחִים נָחוֹת
future first אָנוּחַ נָנוּחַ
second תָּנוּחַ תָּנוּחִי תָּנוּחוּ תָּנַחְנָה1
third יָנוּחַ תָּנוּחַ יָנוּחוּ תָּנַחְנָה1
imperative positive נוּחַ נוּחִי נוּחוּ נַחְנָה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Adjective

נָח • (nakh)

  1. (grammar, of a letter) mute

Adjective

נֹחַ • (nóakh)

  1. defective spelling of נוח.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

נֹחַ • (nóakh) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Noah
  2. (biblical, religion) 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)
Derived terms

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Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh).

Proper noun

נח • (noyekh) m

  1. Noah
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