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Strong's #5184 - נַחַת
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Nahath = “rest”
1) one of the dukes of Edom, son of Reuel and grandson of Esau
2) a Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai and grandson of Elkanah
3) an Levite overseer in the time of Hezekiah
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2 grandson of Elkanah 1 Chronicles 6:11, ᵐ5 Καιναθ, ᵐ5 L Νααθ; — probably corrupt for תּוֺחַ v. 1 Chronicles 6:19, or תֹּחוּ 1 Samuel 1:1 (see these words and We de Gent. 37f. [who proposes תַּחַת for נַחַת], Dr 1 Samuel 1:1).
3 an overseer, Hezekian's time 2 Chronicles 31:13, ᵐ5 Μαεθ, A Ναεθ, ᵐ5 L Νααθ.
נַחַת (Milêl), from the root נוּחַ, f.
(1) a letting down; Job 36:16, נַחַת שֻׁלְחָֽנךָ “food set down upon thy table;” Isaiah 30:30, נַחַת זְרוֹעוֹ “the letting down of his arm,” i.e. the punishment of his arm (compare Psalms 38:3).
(2) rest, Isaiah 30:15; Ecclesiastes 6:5. Acc. Ecclesiastes 4:6, מְלֹא כַף נַחַת “a handful in quiet.”
(3) [Nahath], pr.n.; see תּוֹחַ.
