Nahum

English

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Etymology

Derived from Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhúm, “consolation”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nahum

(biblical) A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
Synonym: (abbreviation) Nah.
(biblical) The minor prophet who wrote that book.
(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.

Related terms

Nehemiah

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Nahum (af)
Arabic: سِفْرُ نَاحُوم (sifru nāḥūm), نَاحُوم (nāḥūm)
Asturian: Nahún (ast)
Basque: Nahum (eu)
Breton: Nahoum (br) m
Catalan: Nahum
Cebuano: Nahum
Chinese:
Cantonese: 那鴻書 / 那鸿书 (naa⁴ hung⁴ syu¹)

Eastern Min: 拿溫書 / 拿温书 (Nā-ŭng-cṳ̆)

Mandarin: 那鴻書 / 那鸿书 (zh) (Nàhóngshū)
Corsican: Naume (co)
Czech: Nahum
Danish: Nahum
Dutch: Nahum (nl)
Estonian: Nahum (et)
Faroese: Nahum (fo) m
Finnish: Nahum (fi) m
French: Nahum (fr) m
German: Nahum (de) m
Greek: Ναούμ (el) m (Naoúm)
Ancient: Ναοὺμ m (Naoùm)
Hawaiian: Nahuma
Hebrew: נַחוּם (he) (nakhúm)
Hungarian: Náhum (hu)
Icelandic: Nahúm m
Ido: Nahum (io)
Irish: Leabhar Nahúm m, Nahúm (ga) m
Italian: Naum (it)
Japanese: ナホム書 (Nahomu sho)
Kazakh: Нақұм (Naqūm)
Latin: Nahum (la)
Latvian: Nahuma (lv)
Limburgish: Nahum
Lithuanian: Nahumo knyga (lt) f
Maltese: Ktieb Naħum (mt) m
Maori: Nahumu (mi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nahum (no)

Nynorsk: Nahum
Polish: Księga Nahuma f
Portuguese: Naum (pt) m
Romanian: Naum m
Russian: Нау́м (ru) m (Naúm), Наху́м m (Naxúm)
Scots: Nahum
Scottish Gaelic: Nahum (gd) m
Slovak: Nahum
Slovene: Nahum (sl) m
Spanish: Naún (es) m
Swahili: Nahumu (sw)
Swedish: Nahum
Tagalog: Nahum (tl)
Waray-Waray: Nahum
Welsh: Nahum (cy) m
West Frisian: Nahum
Zealandic: Nahum

Anagrams

Human, human

Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Proper noun

Nahum m

(biblical) Nahum (prophet)
(biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

French

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.um/

Proper noun

Nahum m

(biblical) Nahum (prophet)
(biblical) Nahum (book of the Bible)

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Nahum m (genitive Nahuim)

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

Coordinate terms

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnaɦum]

Proper noun

Nahum m pers

(religion) Nahum

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nahum m

(rare) a male given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Nahum c (genitive Nahums)

Ezekiel (biblical book and prophet)

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nahum m (not mutable)

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

Coordinate terms