BDB5051
I. נַ֫חַת noun [feminine] (apparently masculine Job 36:16, but see below) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol§ 164 c Sta§ 201 d Köii. 172 f.; > below נחת DlProl. 118 ff.); — ׳ נ Isa 30:15 + 2 t., נָ֑חַת Job 17:16 + 2 t.; construct נַ֫חַת Job 36:16 —
1.
quietness, quiet attitude
Isa 30:15
(|| הַשְׁקֵט); נִשְׁמָעִים
׳
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים בְּנ
Eccl 9:17
opposed to עָמָל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ
Eccl 4:6 opposed
to רָגַז, שָׂחַק
Prov 29:9 of
comfort of one's table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָ מָלֵא דָ֑שֶׁן
׳
וְנ
Job 36:16
the comfort of thy table, which (i.e. the table) was full of fat (
Di, compare Bu; >
that which is set on thy table shall be, etc. De and
others, making ׳
נ subject of מָלֵא, and so masculine).
2.
rest of death Job 17:16 read נֵחָ֑ת (ᵐ5 Du Dr), √
נחת = descend (compare Job 21:13); of a stillborn child Eccl 6:5. — II, III.
נַחַת see
נחת
.