Nahum

[ ney-huhm ]

noun

1. a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. : Nah.

Nahum

/ ˈneɪhəm /

noun

1. a Hebrew prophet of the 7th century bc
2. the book containing his oracles

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nahum¹

Ultimately from Hebrew Naḥūm “consolation”

Example Sentences

Nahum says this to justify the destruction of the city of Nineveh, which he argues is overrun by sin and vice, and must be cleansed.

From Time

In recent months, prestigious, mainstream Israelis like Yediot Ahronot columnist Nahum Barnea have predicted exactly this.

From The Daily Beast

In recent months, prestigious, mainstream Israelis like Yediot Ahronot columnist Nahum Barnea have predicted exactly this.

From The Daily Beast

And Nahum Segal, among others, encouraged the purchase of all Israeli products—in Green Line Israel and beyond.

From The Daily Beast

Nurnberg, Rev. Nahum, was born in Russia, his father dying very early.

From Project Gutenberg

His mother and her children then went to live with her father, who was a strict Jew, and as such Nahum was brought up.

From Project Gutenberg

Nineveh, 'the bloody city,' fell, never to rise again and the doom pronounced by Nahum was fulfilled.

From Project Gutenberg

I never supposed that Nahum knew the least thing about railroads, or that Job would have known a telegraph if he had seen it.

From Project Gutenberg

My clerk Nahum lodges with them—I can never go into my reading-desk and have that fellow so near me.

From Project Gutenberg