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H3240

H3240 — יָנַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyanachverbOccurrences: 75TWOT: 1323

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3240
Word:יָנַח
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:75
Transliteration:yanach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-nakh'
Meaning:1. to deposit 2. (by implication) to allow to stay
KJV Renderings:bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to H5117, and the others here.)

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נוּחַ verb rest (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic נוּחַ, [untranscribed source text 3223]; Phoenician נחת noun rest; possibly also verb ינח (Iph. Perfect), compare Levy cited CISi. 118 Lzb322; Assyrian nâhu, rest (inûh) , and derivatives; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3224] be extended, long, rarely rest; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3225] IV. is make camel lie down on his breast; [untranscribed source text 3226] resting-place of camel, compare DoughtyArab. Des. i, 397, ii, 63, 486, 642); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular נָ֫חָה Isa 7:2 + 2 t., consecutive וְנָחָה Isa 11:2 1 singular נָ֑חְתְּי Job 3:26 3 plural נָ֫חוּ Esth 9:22, consecutive וְנָחוּ Isa 7:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָנוּחַ Exod 23:12 + 6 t., וַיָּ֫נַח Exod 10:14; Exod 20:11 3 feminine singular תָּנוּחַ Isa 25:10; Prov 14:33, וַתָּ֫נַח Gen 8:4; Num 11:26 2 masculine singular תָּנוּחַ Dan 12:13 etc.; Infinitive absolute נוֺחַ Esth 9:16; Esth 9:17; Esth 9:18 construct לָנוּחַ 2Sam 21:10 כְּנוֺחַ Num 11:25; Josh 3:13; Neh 9:28 suffix 3 masculine singular בְּנֻחֹה Num 10:36לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ 2Chr 6:41 see מְנוּחָה ; —
1. rest, settle down and remain, followed by עַל; of birds 2Sam 21:10 ark Gen 8:4 ( P ); נָ֫חָה אֲרָם עַלאֶֿפְרַיִם Isa 7:2 Aram hath settled down upon Ephraim; of spirit of ׳ י Num 11:25; Num 11:26 ( E ), Isa 11:2 spirit of Elijah 2Kgs 2:15 sceptre of wicked Ps 125:3 (in figurative); followed by בְּ local: of insects Exod 10:14 ( J ), Isa 7:19 (figurative of invaders); of soles of feet resting in water Josh 3:13 ( J E ); hand of ׳ י Isa 25:10 wisdom Prov 14:33 anger Eccl 7:9 בִּקְהַל רְפָאִים יָנוּחַ Prov 21:16 in the assembly of Shades shall he settle down; absolute, = stop, of ark at stages of journey Num 10:36 ( J E ); cease speaking 1Sam 25:9.
2. repose, be quiet, have rest: after labour Exod 20:11 ( E ; of God), Exod 23:12 ( E ; of cattle), Deut 5:14 (of slave); have rest from (מִן ) enemies Esth 9:16 (infinitive absolute נוֺחַ, + עָמוֺד, הָרוֺג ), Esth 9:22, compare (absolute) Esth 9:17 Esth 9:18 (in both + עָשׂה), Neh 9:28 be at rest (from trouble), absolute, Job 3:26 (+ שָׁלַוְתִּי, שָׁקַטְתִּי); of the earth Isa 14:7 in couch of the grave Isa 57:2 in Sh®°ôl Job 3:17, so probably Dan 12:13 also לֹא תָּנוּחַ לָךְ Isa 23:12 = thou shalt not be at rest, compare impersonal יָנוּחַ לִי Job 3:13 = I should be at rest (in Sh®°ôl). — אָנוּחַ לְיוֺם צָרָה Hab 3:16 is dubious: I wait quietly for the day of distress De Ke Hi-St SS, so Now, doubtfully; We conjectures אֶנָּחֵם as Isa 1:24 I will appease me, GASm leaves untranslated
Hiph`il
A. Perfect 3 masculine singular הֵנִיחַ Josh 22:4 +; 1 singular וַהֲנִיחֹ֫תִי 2Sam 7:11 +; הֵנִ֫יחוּ Zech 6:8 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָנִיחַ Exod 17:11 +; וַיָּ֫נַח Josh 21:42 +; suffix וַיְנִיחֵנִי Ezek 37:1 ; Ezek 40:2 3 feminine singular suffix תְּנִיחֶנּוּ Isa 63:14 (but see below), etc.; Imperative masculine plural הָנִ֫יחוּ Isa 28:12 Infinitive construct הָנִיּחַ Isa 14:3 +, suffix הֲנִיחִי Ezek 24:13 Participle מֵנִיחַ Josh 1:13
1. cause to rest = give rest to:
a. followed by accusative יָדוֺ Exod 17:11 ( E ), רוּחִי Zech 6:8 so apparently followed by חֲמָתִי + ב person, quiet (i.e. sate) my fury by (wreak it upon) Ezek 5:13 (strike out Co), Ezek 16:42; Ezek 24:13, also Ezek 21:22 (Co adds ב person).
b. usually followed by ל person: (1) give rest to i.e. bring to resting-place Exod 33:14 ( J ), Deut 3:20; Josh 1:13; Josh 1:15; Josh 22:4 (all D ), 1Chr 23:25 so, with suffix, Isa 63:14 (si vera lectio; Vrss Lo Ew Brd CheHpt read תַּנְחֶנּוּ, leadeth him, √ נחה); (2) of freedom from enemies, Isa 28:12 ; 2Chr 14:5 + מִכָּלאֿיבים [מִסָּבִיב] Deut 12:10; Deut 25:19 ; Josh 23:1 ( D ), 2Sam 7:1; 2Sam 7:11; 1Chr 22:9 so + מִסָּבִיב alone 1Kgs 5:18 ; Josh 21:42 ( P ), 1Chr 22:18; 2Chr 14:6; 2Chr 15:15; 2Chr 20:30, so also probably 2Chr 32:22 (for ᵑ0 וַיְנַהֲלֵם מִסָּבִיב); (3) of freedom suffering, + ׳ מֵעָצְבְּךָ וגו Isa 14:3 .
c. make quiet in mind, set at rest וִינִיחֶ֑ךָ Prov 29:17 discipline thy son, that he may give thee quiet (of mind; || יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנִּים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ).
2. cause to rest (i.e. light) upon, with accusative staff + עַל person Isa 30:32 with accusative blessing + אֶלֿ Ezek 44:30 cause to alight, set down, with suffix person + בְּתוֺךְ local Ezek 37:1 + אֶלֿ Ezek 40:2 — For this meaning see especially B below.
B. Perfect 3 masculine singular הִנִּיחַ Judg 3:1 +, הִנִּחַ 1Kgs 8:9, suffix וְהִנִּיחוֺ Deut 26:4 , וְהִנִּיחָם Lev 16:23 both consecutive; 2 masculine singular וְהִנַּחְתָּ֫ Deut 14:28, suffix וְהִנַּחְתּוֺ Deut 26:10 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singularיַנִּיחַ Lev 7:15 , וַיַּנַּח Judg 2:23 +, suffix וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ Exod 16:34 3 feminine singular וַתַּנַּח Gen 39:16 2 masculine singular jussive אַלתַּֿנַּח Eccl 7:18 + 2 t., etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַנַּח Hos 4:7 + 2 t., הַנִּ֫יחָה Exod 32:10; Judg 16:26, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix לְהַנִּיחוֺ Num 32:15 , לְהַנִּיחָם Esth 3:8 Participle מַנִּיחַ Eccl 5:11
1. lay or set down, deposit, let lie, with accusative of thing, usually + word of place: stones at ford of Jordan Josh 4:3; Josh 4:8 ( J E ), ark 1Sam 6:18, garments Gen 39:16 ( J ), Lev 16:23 ( P ), Ezek 42:14; Ezek 44:19 compare Exod 16:23; Exod 16:24 ; Exod 16:33; Exod 16:34; Num 17:19; Num 17:22 (all P ), Deut 26:4; Deut 26:10; 1Kgs 8:9; 1Kgs 13:31; Ezek 40:42; Ezek 42:13 so, accusative omitted, Judg 6:18; Judg 6:20; Deut 14:28; Num 19:9 ( P ), 1Sam 10:25 place, put, followed by accusative of person + local modification, Gen 2:15 ( J ), Gen 19:16 ( J ), Josh 6:23 ( J E ), Lev 24:12; Num 15:34 (both P ), Isa 14:1; Isa 46:7; Ezek 37:14 probably also Zech 5:11 (read וְהִנִּיחֻהָ, see Ges«GKC:72ee»§ 72ee); read וַיַּנִּיחֵם also 2Kgs 18:11 ( ᵐ5 ἔθετο; for ᵑ0 וַיַּנְחֵם; compare וַיּשֶׁב אוֺתָם || 2Kgs 17:6); place corpse on (אֶלֿ) ass 1Kgs 13:29, in grave 1Kgs 13:30 horsemen and chariots in cities 2Chr 1:14; 2Chr 9:25, so read also || 1Kgs 10:26 ( ᵐ5 ἔθετο; for ᵑ0 וַיַּנְחֵם); tables in temple 2Chr 4:8 idols in shrines 2Kgs 17:29 (accusative omitted). Here belongs perhaps also וְגַם מִזֶּה אַלתַּֿנַּח אֶתיָֿדֶ֑ךָ Eccl 7:18 and also from this do not lest thy hand lie (idle), i.e. engage in it, compare Eccl 11:6 lay down forcibly, thrust down הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד֑ Isa 28:2 , compare Amos 5:7 perhaps also Ezek 22:20 (absolute; but strike out Co Berthol, after ᵐ5 ).
2. let remain, leave (in present condition), object nations Judg 2:23; Judg 3:1; Jer 27:11 , people in wilderness Num 32:15 ( J E ); וְהִנִּיחוּךְ עֵירֹם וְעֶרְיָה Ezek 16:39 followed by accusative of thing Lev 7:15; 1Kgs 7:47 (leave unweighed); leave behind followed by accusative of person Gen 42:33 ( E ), 2Sam 16:21; 2Sam 20:3; 1Kgs 19:3; Jer 43:6 + אֶתפְּֿנֵי 1Sam 22:4 (read וַיַּנִּחֵם, for ᵑ0 וַיַּנְחֵם, and he left them with ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 We Dr Klo Bu Löhr HPS; leave name, for a curse Isa 65:15 leave or bequeath to (ל), with accusative of thing, Ps 17:14; Eccl 2:18.
3. leave = depart from, מְקוֺמְךָ אַלתַּֿנַּח Eccl 10:4 do not leave thy place.
4. abandon, followed by accusative of person Jer 14:9 בַּלתַּֿנִּיחֵנִי לְעשְׁקַ֑י Ps 119:121 abandon me not to my oppressors.
5. let alone (refrain from interfering with), followed by ל person Exod 32:10 ( J E ; object ׳ י), Hos 4:17; 2Sam 16:11; 2Kgs 23:18 followed by accusative of person Esth 3:6 = avoid יַנִּיחַ חֲטָאִים גְּדוֺלִים Eccl 10:4 (but read perhaps יָנִיחַ, causeth to rest = allayeth compare Wild).
6. permit, with accusative of person Judg 16:26 + infinitive לֹא הִנִּיחַ אָדָם לְעָשְׁקָם Ps 105:14 = 1Chr 16:21, but here הִנִּיחַ לְאִישׁ, compare מַנִּיחַ לוֺ לִישׁוֺן Eccl 5:11 .
Hoph`al
A. Perfect 3 masculine singular הוּנַּחלָֿ֑נוּ Lam 5:5 i.e.no rest is granted to us; for 3 feminine singular וְהֻנִ֫יחָה Zech 5:11 [so Baer Ginsb; van d. H. ׳ והֻנּ] read probably וְהִנִּיחֻהָ see above Hiph`il B. 1.
B. Participle מֻנָּ֔ח as substantive = space left, open space Ezek 41:9; Ezek 41:11 (twice in verse).


נוֺחַ see נוח Infinitive absolute נוּחַ 2Chr 6:41 see מִנוּחָה. below,


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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ינח (yah-nagh’)

Leviticus 16:23

KJV: And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
EHCC: and shall leave them there:

Numbers 17:4

KJV: And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
EHCC: (19). And thow shalt lay them wp in the

Numbers 19:9

KJV: And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
EHCC: and lay (them) up without the camp

Deuteronomy 14:28

KJV: At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
EHCC: and shali lay (it) up within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 26:4

KJV: And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
EHCC: and set it down before the altar of the Lord

Joshua 4:3

KJV: And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
EHCC: and leave them in the lodging place,

Judges 3:1

KJV: Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
EHCC: the nations which the Lord 6ו .

Judges 6:18

KJV: Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.present: or, meat offering
EHCC: and set 7) before thee,

1 Samuel 6:18

KJV: And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.great…: or, great stone
EHCC: whereon they set down the ark of the Lord:

1 Samuel 20:3

KJV: And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
EHCC: whom he had left to keep the house,

1 Chronicles 16:21

KJV: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
EHCC: He suffered no man to do them wrong:

Psalms 17:14

KJV: From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.which are: or, bythey…: or, their children are full
EHCC: and leave the rest of their (substance)

Psalms 108:14

EHCC: He suffered no man to do them wrong:

Isaiah 14:1

KJV: For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
EHCC: and set them in their own laud:

Isaiah 28:2

KJV: Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
EHCC: shall cast down to the earth

Isaiah 65:15

KJV: And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
EHCC: And ye shail leave your name for ₪ curse

Jeremiah 27:1

KJV: In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
EHCC: those will ee still in a own

Jeremiah 48:6

KJV: Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.the heath: or, a naked tree
EHCC: the captain of the Ceres

Jeremiah 22:20

KJV: Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
EHCC: and J will leave (you there),

Jeremiah 37:14

KJV: Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie
EHCC: and I shall place you in your own land:

Jeremiah 44:19

KJV: And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?men: or, husbands?
EHCC: and lay them in the holy chambers,

Amos 6:7

KJV: Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
EHCC: leave off righteousness in the earth,

Numbers 32:15

KJV: For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
EHCC: he will yet again leave them

Esther 3:8

KJV: And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc
EHCC: it (is) not for the king's profit to suffer them

Genesis 42:33

KJV: And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
EHCC: leans one of your brethren aed 0

Exodus 16:23

KJV: And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
EHCC: that which remaineth over up

Exodus 16:33

KJV: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.
EHCC: and lay it up before the Lord,

Judges 6:20

KJV: And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
EHCC: and lay (them) upon this rock,

2 Samuel 16:11

KJV: And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.
EHCC: Je¢ him alone, and let him curse ;

1 Kings 13:81

EHCC: /ay my bones beside his bones:

2 Kings 23:18

KJV: And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.bones alone: Heb. bones to escape
EHCC: And he said, Let him alone;

Hosea 4:17

KJV: Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
EHCC: let him alone,

Genesis 2:15

KJV: And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.the man: or, Adam
EHCC: and put him into the garden of

Exodus 16:24

KJV: And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
EHCC: And they aid tt up till the morning,

Leviticus 7:15

KJV: And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
EHCC: Ae shall not leave any of it

Numbers 15:34

KJV: And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
EHCC: And they put him in ward,

Joshua 4:8

KJV: And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
EHCC: and laid them down there,

Judges 2:23

KJV: Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.left: or, suffered
EHCC: Therefore the Lord left those nations,

1 Samuel 10:25

KJV: Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
EHCC: and laid (it) up before the Lord.

1 Kings 7:47

KJV: And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitudefound: Heb. searched
EHCC: 4nd Solomon left all the vessels

2 Kings 17:29

KJV: Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
EHCC: and put (them) in the houses

2 Chronicles 1:14

KJV: And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
EHCC: which he in the chariot cities,

Psalms 119:12

KJV: Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
EHCC: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

KJV: Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.taken: Heb. laboured
EHCC: because I should leave it unto the man

Isaiah 46:7

KJV: They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
EHCC: and set him in his place,

Jeremiah 14:9

KJV: Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.we…: Heb. thy name is called upon us
EHCC: we are called by thy name; leave us not.

Ezekiel 40:42

KJV: And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
EHCC: also they laid the instruments

Ecclesiastes 5:12

KJV: The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
EHCC: (11). abundance of the rich will not suffer

Ecclesiastes 5:11

KJV: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
EHCC: and set there upon her own base, .200 .
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