נחת

Aramaic

Verb

נחת

1. to descend

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Hebrew

Noun 1

נָחֵת (nakhét) m (plural indefinite form נְחֵתִים, singular construct form נְחֵת־, plural construct form נְחֵתֵי־)

1. (music) A flat, a flat sign.
2. (נְחֵת־, n'khét-) Singular construct form of נָחֵת‎.

Noun 2

נֶחָת (nekhát) m (plural indefinite form נֶחָתִים, singular construct form נַחַת־, plural construct form נֶחָתֵי־)

1. A marine, such as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
2. (נַחַת־, nakhát) Singular construct form of נֶחָת‎.

Noun 3

נַחַת (nákhat) (no plural forms, singular construct form נַחַת־)

1. Relaxation, rest; comfort, peace.
   • Ecclesiastes 6:5:

     גַּם־שֶׁמֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָה וְלֹא יָדָע נַחַת לָזֶה מִזֶּה׃

     gám-shémesh ló-ra'á v'ló yadá nákhat lazé mizé.

     Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.

Verb

נחת (nakhát) (pa'ál construction)

1. (of an aircraft, or its passengers or cargo) To land.

References

• “נחת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), ISBN 965-17-0096-3, page 845.

External links

• נחת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.he.Wikipedia

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Yiddish

Noun

נחת (nákhes) n and m (no plural)

1. pleasure (especially the pleasure that a parent derives from a child)