נִיחֹחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5207

a quieting — used 43 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

a quieting tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִיחֹחַ: quieting, soothing, tranquillizing tree →

The whole BDB entry

and (Lv 1:9) נִיחוֹחַ43 n.[m.] a quieting, soothing, tranquillizing (cf. i. נַחַת Jb 36:16) (ריח ניחח also Ecclus 45:16 c; on format. v. Ol§ 187 b Sta§ 233 BaNB § 142 Köii. 1, 151, 489, where, after PhilippiBAS ii. 362, ִי expl. as dissim. from וֹ);— abs. נ׳ Gn 8:21 +; sf. נִיחֹחִי Nu 28:2, נִיחֹחֲכֶם Lv 26:31, נִיחוֹחֵיהֶם Ez 20:28;—a soothing, tranquilizing, only in phr. רֵיח נ׳ = soothing, tranquillizing odour of sacrifices acceptable to י׳ Gn 8:21 (J), Ex 29:18, 25, 41 Lv 1:9, 13, 17 + 32 times P. Ez 20:41; of sacrif. to idols † Ez 6:13; 16:19; 20:28.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of soothing (39); my soothing (1); soothing (1).

In the verses

Numbers 15:7 · tree →

וְיַ֥יִן לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

Word for word: and wine for the.drink offering (the).third of.(the) hin you.will.bring.near an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

JPS 1917: and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Numbers 28:6 · tree →

עֹלַ֖ת תָּמִ֑יד הָעֲשֻׂיָה֙ בְּהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

Word for word: a.burnt.offering of.continuity [which was].instituted at the.mountain of.Sinai to an.odor of.soothing a.fire.offering to Yahweh

JPS 1917: It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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