English
Nahum
Nahum comes from Hebrew נַחוּם ‘consolation’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentנַחוּםnakhúm‘consolation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853Nahum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentנַחוּםnakhúm‘consolation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853Nahum
Earliest quotation: 1853, Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph: “Nahum Tate's grandfather and father were both clergymen.”
Every English word from Hebrew נַחוּם
Today it means
name A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew נַחוּם / Nahum