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Hebrew verb · H5117

נוּחַ

nuachnoo'-akh

to rest

142 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nûwach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5117is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 28 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 126
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5117

to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)

The King James renders it: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nuach is rendered "to rest". It stands 142 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-eight books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
  • The Greek text spells it 126 different ways.

The first use

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • leave alone4
  • and he left3
  • and I will give rest3
  • and I will give rest to3
  • and they rested3
  • he had given rest3
  • he has given rest3
  • and he gave rest2
  • and he placed2
  • and he placed them2
  • and he set down me2
  • and I will set down2

and 98 more, 142 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נוּחַnuachrestUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 142, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

126 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הֵנִ֨יחַ3
  • וַיַּנַּ֥ח3
  • הִנִּ֣יחַ2
  • הַנִּ֣יחָה2
  • הַנִּ֣יחוּ2
  • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥י2
  • וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ2
  • וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם2
  • וַיַּנַּ֤ח2
  • וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙2
  • וְנ֗וֹחַ2
  • יָנֽוּחַ׃2

and 114 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular15HVhp3ms
  • Hc/Vhw3ms11Hc/Vhw3ms
  • Hc/Vhq1cs9Hc/Vhq1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural6HVhv2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vhq3ms3Hc/Vhq3ms
  • Hc/Vhw3mp3Hc/Vhw3mp
  • Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms3Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhj2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVhp3cp

Genesis

five uses
  • Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

    Genesis 2:15

    • וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּvaiyanichehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he put him
  • On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

    Genesis 8:4

    • וַתָּ֤נַחvatanachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rested
  • But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

    Genesis 19:16

    • וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּvaiyanichuhuHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they placed him
  • So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

    Genesis 39:16

    • וַתַּנַּ֥חvatanachHc/Vhw3fstagged: and she placed
  • Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

    Genesis 42:33

    • הַנִּ֣יחוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: leave

Exodus

ten uses
  • The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

    Exodus 10:14

    • וַיָּ֕נַחvaiyanachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it settled down
  • He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

    Exodus 16:23

    • הַנִּ֧יחוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: leave
  • So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

    Exodus 16:24

    • וַיַּנִּ֤יחוּvaiyanichuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they left
  • So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

    Exodus 16:33

    • וְהַנַּ֤חvehanachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and deposit
  • And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 16:34

    • וַיַּנִּיחֵ֧הוּvaiyanichehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he deposited it
  • As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

    Exodus 17:11

    • יָנִ֛יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gave rest
  • For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

    Exodus 20:11

    • וַיָּ֖נַחvaiyanachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he rested
  • For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

    Exodus 23:12

    • יָנ֗וּחַyanuachverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it may rest
  • Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

    Exodus 32:10

    • הַנִּ֣יחָהhanichahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: leave alone
  • And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

    Exodus 33:14

    • וַהֲנִחֹ֥תִיvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest

Leviticus

three uses
  • The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.

    Leviticus 7:15

    • יַנִּ֥יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will leave
  • Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.

    Leviticus 16:23

    • וְהִנִּיחָ֖םvehinichamHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he will leave them
  • They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

    Leviticus 24:12

    • וַיַּנִּיחֻ֖הוּvaiyanichuhuHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they placed him

Numbers

eight uses
  • And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

    Numbers 10:36

    • וּבְנֻחֹ֖הuvenuchohconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and when rested it
  • Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

    Numbers 11:25

    • כְּנ֤וֹחַkenoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when rested
  • Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

    Numbers 11:26

    • וַתָּ֧נַחvatanachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rested
  • and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

    Numbers 15:34

    • וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּvaiyanichuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they left
  • Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

    Numbers 17:4

    • וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖םvehinachtamHc/Vhq2ms/Sp3mptagged: and you will deposit them
  • Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.

    Numbers 17:7

    • וַיַּנַּ֥חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he deposited
  • Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

    Numbers 19:9

    • וְהִנִּ֛יחַvehiniachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will deposit
  • For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

    Numbers 32:15

    • לְהַנִּיח֖וֹlehanichopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to leave it

Deuteronomy

seven uses
  • until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”

    Deuteronomy 3:20

    • יָנִ֨יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will give rest
  • but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

    Deuteronomy 5:14

    • יָנ֛וּחַyanuachverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he may rest
  • When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

    Deuteronomy 12:10

    • וְהֵנִ֨יחַveheniachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will give rest
  • At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

    Deuteronomy 14:28

    • וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖vehinachtaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will deposit
  • When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

    Deuteronomy 25:19

    • בְּהָנִ֣יחַbehaniachpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when gives rest
  • Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,

    Deuteronomy 26:4

    • וְהִ֨נִּיח֔וֹvehinichoHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will set down it
  • And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.

    Deuteronomy 26:10

    • וְהִנַּחְתּ֗וֹvehinachtoHc/Vhq2ms/Sp3mstagged: and you will set down it

Joshua

nine uses
  • “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’

    Joshua 1:13

    • מֵנִ֣יחַmeniachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: giving rest
  • until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

    Joshua 1:15

    • יָנִ֨יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will give rest
  • When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

    Joshua 3:13

    • כְּנ֣וֹחַkenoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when rest
  • and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

    Joshua 4:3

    • וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֣םvehinachtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will set down
  • Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

    Joshua 4:8

    • וַיַּנִּח֖וּםvaiyanichumHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they set down them
  • So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

    Joshua 6:23

    • וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּםvaiyanichumHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they put them
  • And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

    Joshua 21:44

    • וַיָּ֨נַחvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he gave rest
  • And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.

    Joshua 22:4

    • הֵנִ֨יחַheniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has given rest
  • A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

    Joshua 23:1

    • הֵנִ֨יחַheniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had given rest

Judges

five uses
  • That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

    Judges 2:23

    • וַיַּנַּ֤חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he left
  • These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

    Judges 3:1

    • הִנִּ֣יחַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he left
  • Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”

    Judges 6:18

    • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖יvehinachtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will set
  • And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.

    Judges 6:20

    • וְהַנַּח֙vehanachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and set
  • Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

    Judges 16:26

    • הַנִּ֣יחָהhanichahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: permit

1 Samuel

three uses
  • The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

    1 Samuel 6:18

    • הִנִּ֤יחוּhinichuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they set down
  • Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

    1 Samuel 10:25

    • וַיַּנַּ֖חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he set
  • When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

    1 Samuel 25:9

    • וַיָּנֽוּחוּ׃vaiyanuchuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they rested

2 Samuel

seven uses
  • After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

    2 Samuel 7:1

    • הֵנִֽיחַ־heniach-verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had given rest
  • and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

    2 Samuel 7:11

    • וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִיvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest
  • Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

    2 Samuel 16:11

    • הַנִּ֤חוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: leave alone
  • Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

    2 Samuel 16:21

    • הִנִּ֖יחַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he left
  • Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

    2 Samuel 17:12

    • וְנַ֣חְנוּvenachnuHc/Vqq1cptagged: and we will set
  • When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

    2 Samuel 20:3

    • הִנִּיחַ֩hiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had left
  • And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

    2 Samuel 21:10

    • לָנ֤וּחַlanuachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rest

1 Kings

seven uses
  • But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

    1 Kings 5:4

    • הֵנִ֨יחַheniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has given rest
  • Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

    1 Kings 7:47

    • וַיַּנַּ֤חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he left
  • There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

    1 Kings 8:9

    • הִנִּ֥חַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he placed
  • So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

    1 Kings 13:29

    • וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּvaiyanichehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he placed him
  • Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

    1 Kings 13:30

    • וַיַּנַּ֥חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he placed
  • After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

    1 Kings 13:31

    • הַנִּ֖יחוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: place
  • And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

    1 Kings 19:3

    • וַיַּנַּ֥חvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he left

2 Kings

three uses
  • When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

    2 Kings 2:15

    • נָ֛חָהnachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has rested
  • Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.

    2 Kings 17:29

    • וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀vaiyanichuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they placed
  • “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

    2 Kings 23:18

    • הַנִּ֣יחוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: leave alone

1 Chronicles

four uses
  • He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

    1 Chronicles 16:21

    • הִנִּ֤יחַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he permitted
  • But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

    1 Chronicles 22:9

    • וַהֲנִח֥וֹתִיvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest
  • “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

    1 Chronicles 22:18

    • וְהֵנִ֥יחַveheniachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and has he given rest
  • For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

    1 Chronicles 23:25

    • הֵנִ֛יחַheniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has given rest

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 1:14

    • וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙vaiyanichemHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he placed them
  • Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

    2 Chronicles 4:8

    • וַיַּנַּח֙vaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he placed
  • Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 9:25

    • וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙vaiyanichemHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he placed them
  • Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.

    2 Chronicles 14:6

    • הֵנִ֥יחַheniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had given rest
  • So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

    2 Chronicles 14:7

    • וַיָּ֥נַֽחvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has given rest
  • And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

    2 Chronicles 15:15

    • וַיָּ֧נַחvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he gave rest
  • Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

    2 Chronicles 20:30

    • וַיָּ֧נַֽחvaiyanachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he had given rest

Nehemiah

one use
  • But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

    Nehemiah 9:28

    • וּכְנ֣וֹחַukhenoachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and just as was rest

Esther

four uses
  • Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

    Esther 3:8

    • לְהַנִּיחָֽם׃lehanichampreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to let remain them
  • This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

    Esther 9:17

    • וְנ֗וֹחַvenoachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and they rested
  • The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

    Esther 9:18

    • וְנ֗וֹחַvenoachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and they rested
  • as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

    Esther 9:22

    • נָ֨חוּnachuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had rest

Job

three uses
  • For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

    Job 3:13

    • יָנ֬וּחַֽyanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is at rest
  • There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

    Job 3:17

    • יָ֝נ֗וּחוּyanuchuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they rest
  • I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

    Job 3:26

    • נָ֗חְתִּיnachetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am at rest

Psalms

four uses
  • from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

    Psalms 17:14

    • וְהִנִּ֥יחוּvehinichuHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they leave
  • He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

    Psalms 105:14

    • הִנִּ֣יחַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he permitted
  • I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

    Psalms 119:121

    • תַּ֝נִּיחֵ֗נִיtanicheniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will abandon me
  • For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

    Psalms 125:3

    • יָנ֡וּחַyanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will rest

Proverbs

three uses
  • Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.

    Proverbs 14:33

    • תָּנ֣וּחַtanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it rests
  • The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

    Proverbs 21:16

    • יָנֽוּחַ׃yanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will rest
  • Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

    Proverbs 29:17

    • וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָvinichekhaHC/Vhu3ms/Sp2mstagged: so he may give rest you

Ecclesiastes

seven uses
  • I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

    Ecclesiastes 2:18

    • שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּsheannichenurelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: that I will leave it
  • The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

    Ecclesiastes 5:12

    • מַנִּ֥יחַֽmaniachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: permitting
  • Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

    Ecclesiastes 7:9

    • יָנֽוּחַ׃yanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it settles
  • It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

    Ecclesiastes 7:18

    • תַּנַּ֣חtanachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you give rest to
  • If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

    Ecclesiastes 10:4

    • תַּנַּ֑חtanachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you leave
    • יַנִּ֖יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will cause to rest
  • Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

    Ecclesiastes 11:6

    • תַּנַּ֣חtanachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you give rest to

Isaiah

fifteen uses
  • When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

    Isaiah 7:2

    • נָ֥חָֽהnachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has stood
  • And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

    Isaiah 7:19

    • וְנָח֤וּvenachuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will settle
  • The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

    Isaiah 11:2

    • וְנָחָ֥הvenachahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will rest
  • For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

    Isaiah 14:1

    • וְהִנִּיחָ֖םvehinichamHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he will give rest them
  • On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

    Isaiah 14:3

    • הָנִ֤יחַhaniachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: gives rest
  • All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.

    Isaiah 14:7

    • נָ֥חָהnachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is at rest
  • He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

    Isaiah 23:12

    • יָנ֥וּחַֽyanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be rest
  • For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

    Isaiah 25:10

    • תָנ֥וּחַtanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will rest
  • Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

    Isaiah 28:2

    • הִנִּ֥יחַhiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will thrust down
  • to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

    Isaiah 28:12

    • הָנִ֣יחוּhanichuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give rest
  • And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.

    Isaiah 30:32

    • יָנִ֤יחַyaniachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will place
  • They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

    Isaiah 46:7

    • וְיַנִּיחֻ֤הוּveyanichuhuHC/Vhu3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they set down it
  • Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

    Isaiah 57:2

    • יָנ֖וּחוּyanuchuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will rest
  • Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.

    Isaiah 63:14

    • תְּנִיחֶ֑נּוּtenichenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it gave rest it
  • You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

    Isaiah 65:15

    • וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨םvehinachtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will leave

Jeremiah

three uses
  • Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

    Jeremiah 14:9

    • תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ׃ סtanichenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you abandon us
  • But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 27:11

    • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֤יוvehinachtivHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I will let remain it
  • the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

    Jeremiah 43:6

    • הִנִּ֙יחַ֙hiniachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had left

Lamentations

one use
  • We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

    Lamentations 5:5

    • הֽוּנַֽחhunach-verb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been given rest

Ezekiel

seventeen uses
  • And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

    Ezekiel 5:13

    • וַהֲנִחוֹתִ֧יvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest to
  • Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

    Ezekiel 16:39

    • וְהִנִּיח֖וּךְvehinichukhHc/Vhq3cp/Sp2fstagged: and they will leave you
  • So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

    Ezekiel 16:42

    • וַהֲנִחֹתִ֤יvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest to
  • I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

    Ezekiel 21:17

    • וַהֲנִחֹתִ֖יvahanichotiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will give rest to
  • Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

    Ezekiel 22:20

    • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥יvehinachtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will set down
  • Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

    Ezekiel 24:13

    • הֲנִיחִ֥יhanichiverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: give rest to I
  • The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

    Ezekiel 37:1

    • וַיְנִיחֵ֖נִיvaynicheniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he set down me
  • I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

    Ezekiel 37:14

    • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥יvehinachtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will set down
  • In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

    Ezekiel 40:2

    • וַיְנִיחֵ֗נִיvaynicheniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he set down me
  • There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

    Ezekiel 40:42

    • וְיַנִּ֤יחוּveyanichuHC/Vhu3mptagged: so people may set down
  • The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple

    Ezekiel 41:9

    • מֻנָּ֔חmunachverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: free space
  • The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.

    Ezekiel 41:11

    • לַמֻּנָּ֔חlamunachpreposition with the article + verb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: to the free space
    • הַמֻּנָּ֔חhamunachthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: the free space
  • Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

    Ezekiel 42:13

    • יַנִּ֣יחוּ׀yanichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will set down
  • Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

    Ezekiel 42:14

    • יַנִּ֧יחוּyanichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will set down
  • When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

    Ezekiel 44:19

    • וְהִנִּ֥יחוּvehinichuHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they will set down
  • The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

    Ezekiel 44:30

    • לְהָנִ֥יחַlehaniachpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to rest

Daniel

one use
  • But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

    Daniel 12:13

    • וְתָנ֛וּחַvetanuachHC/Vqu2mstagged: so you may rest

Hosea

one use
  • Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

    Hosea 4:17

    • הַֽנַּֽח־hanach-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: leave alone

Amos

one use
  • There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

    Amos 5:7

    • הִנִּֽיחוּ׃hinichuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they thrust down

Habakkuk

one use
  • I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

    Habakkuk 3:16

    • אָנ֙וּחַ֙ʾanuachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be quiet

Zechariah

two uses
  • “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

    Zechariah 5:11

    • וְהֻנִּ֥יחָהvehunichahHc/VHq3fstagged: and it will be placed
  • Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

    Zechariah 6:8

    • הֵנִ֥יחוּhenichuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have caused to rest

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