Lexical Summary menuchah: resting place, rest Original Word: מְנוּחָהTransliteration: menuchah Phonetic Spelling: (men-oo-khaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: resting place, rest Meaning: repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode Strong's Concordance comfortable, ease, quiet, resting place, still Or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}; feminine of Manowach; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode -- comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still. see HEBREW Manowach Brown-Driver-Briggs H4496. menuchah מְנֻחָה מְנוּחָה, noun feminine resting-place, rest; — absolute ׳מ Micah 2:10 +, מְנֻחָה Genesis 49:15 (but see below), 2 Samuel 14:17; suffix מְנוּחָתִי Psalm 95:11 2t., מְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ 132:8 2 Chronicles 6:41 (where read as in Psalms, for anomalous לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ MT), מְנֻחָתוֺ Isaiah 11:10; Zechariah 9:1; plural מְנוּחֹת Isaiah 32:18, מְנֻחוֺת Psalm 23:2; — 1 resting-place Micah 2:10; Numbers 10:33 (JE), Deuteronomy 12:9 (+ הַנַּחֲלָה) so Psalm 95:11 (׳יs resting- plural), compare 132:8 2 Chronicles 6:41 (see above), Psalm 132:14; Isaiah 66:1 ("" לִי תִּבְנוּ אֲשֶׁר בַּיִת), compare מ ׳בֵּית וגו ׳לַאֲרוֺן 1 Chronicles 28:2; also Isaiah 11:10; probably also Genesis 49:15 ("" הָאָרֶץ טוֺב here is apparently substantive, ⅏ reads adjective טוֺבָה; but read perhaps מְנֻחהֹ, his resting-place, from מָנוֺחַ, BallHpt Holz after ᵑ6); שַׁאֲנַנּוֺת מְנוּחֹת Isaiah 32:18 (+ מִבְטַחִים מִשְׁכְּנוֺת שָׁלוֺם, נְוֵה); of ׳יs word Zechariah 9:1; resting-place on journey, in מ ׳שַׂר Jeremiah 51:59 (Ew Gf Gie and others); figurative for security, assurance 2 Samuel 14:17 (taken from resting, equilibrium, of scale according to Klo). 2 rest, quietness, plural מְנֻחוֺת מֵי Psalm 23:2; = refreshment Isaiah 28:12 ("" מַרְגֵּעָה); rest (from enemies) = peace 1 Kings 8:56 (compare 5:18), מ ׳אִישׁ 1 Chronicles 22:9 a man of peace (compare הֵנִיחַ vb); = relief from sorrow Jeremiah 45:3; condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ruth 1:9 (= מָנוֺחַ 3:1). — ׳מ Judges 20:43 is perhaps proper name, compare GFM. |