Nahum

See also: Nahúm

English

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Etymology

Derived from Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhúm, consolation).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nahum

  1. (biblical) A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Nah.
  2. (biblical) The minor prophet who wrote that book.
  3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
    • 1853, Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph, The Lives of the Poets-Laureate, page 197:
      Nahum Tate's grandfather and father were both clergymen.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Proper noun

Nahum m

  1. (biblical) Nahum (prophet)
  2. (biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

French

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.um/

Proper noun

Nahum m

  1. (biblical) Nahum (prophet)
  2. (biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Nahum m (genitive Nahuim)

  1. (biblical) Nahum
  2. (biblical) Nahum, the thirty-fourth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnaɦum]

Proper noun

Nahum m pers

  1. (religion) Nahum

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaum/ [ˈnãũm]
  • Rhymes: -aum
  • Syllabification: Nahum

Proper noun

Nahum m

  1. (rare) a male given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Nahum c (genitive Nahums)

  1. Nahum (biblical book and prophet)

Coordinate terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nahum m (not mutable)

  1. (biblical) Nahum, a Biblical character, to whom authorship of the eponymous book is traditionally attributed
  2. (biblical) The Book of Nahum

Coordinate terms