Nahum

See also: Nahúm

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Nahum

2. (biblical) A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Nah.

4. (biblical) The minor prophet who wrote that book.
5. (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) 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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew נַחוּם.

Proper noun

Nahum ?

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

• (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaɦum]

Proper noun

Nahum

1. (religion) Nahum

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nahum m

1. (rare) a male given name