nḥm / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root nḥm: Nahum, Nehemiah.

nḥm

Central Semitic, to console, comfort.

a. Nahum, from Hebrew naḥûm, comfort;;
b. Capernaum, from Hebrew kəpar naḥûm, village of Nahum (see kpr2)..
. Nehemiah, from Hebrew nəḥemyāh, Yahweh comforted, from nəḥem, reduced form of niḥam, he comforted. Both 1 and 2 from Hebrew niḥam, to console, comfort.

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