BDB5059
מְנוּחָה, מְנֻחָה noun feminine resting-place, rest; — absolute ׳ מ Mic 2:10 +, מְנֻחָה Gen 49:15 (but see below), 2Sam 14:17 suffix מְנוּחָתִי Ps 95:11 + 2 t., מְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ Ps 132:8 = 2Chr 6:41 (where read as in Psalms, for anomalous לְנוּחֶ֑ךָ MT), מְנֻחָתוֺ Isa 11:10; Zech 9:1 plural מְנוּחֹת Isa 32:18, מְנֻחוֺת Ps 23:2 —
1.
resting-place
Mic 2:10; Num 10:33 (
J
E
), Deut 12:9
(+ הַנַּחֲלָה) so Ps 95:11 (׳
י's resting- plural), compare Ps 132:8 = 2Chr 6:41 (see above), Ps 132:14; Isa 66:1 (|| בַּיִת
אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי), compare ׳
לַאֲרוֺן וגו
׳
בֵּית מ
1Chr 28:2
also Isa 11:10
probably also Gen 49:15 (|| טוֺב הָאָרֶץ here is apparently substantive,
⅏
reads adjective טוֺבָה; but read perhaps מְנֻחהֹ, his
resting-place, from מָנוֺחַ, BallHpt
Holz after
ᵑ6
); מְנוּחֹת שַׁאֲנַנּוֺת
Isa 32:18
(+ נְוֵה שָׁלוֺם, מִשְׁכְּנוֺת מִבְטַחִים); of ׳
י's word Zech 9:1 resting-place on journey, in ׳
שַׂר מ
Jer 51:59
(Ew
Gf
Gie and others); figurative for security, assurance 2Sam 14:17
(taken from resting, equilibrium, of scale according to
Klo).
2.
rest, quietness, plural מֵי מְנֻחוֺת
Ps 23:2 =
refreshment Isa
28:12 (|| מַרְגֵּעָה); rest (from enemies) = peace 1Kgs 8:56
(compare 1Kgs 5:18
), ׳
אִישׁ מ
1Chr 22:9
a man of peace (compare הֵנִיחַ vb); = relief from sorrow
Jer 45:3
condition of rest and security attained by marriage Ruth 1:9 (= מָנוֺחַ
Ruth 3:1). —
׳
מ
Judg 20:43
is perhaps proper name, compare GFM.