Nahum

[ ney-huhm ]

/ ˈneɪ həm /

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noun

a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.

a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Nah.

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Origin of Nahum

Ultimately from Hebrew Naḥūm “consolation”

Words nearby Nahum

nahcolite, NAHT, Nahua, Nahuatl, Nahuatlan, Nahum, NAI, naiad, NAIC, Naida, naïf

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How to use Nahum in a sentence

In recent months, prestigious, mainstream Israelis like Yediot Ahronot columnist Nahum Barnea have predicted exactly this.
Romney’s Shameful Views on Palestine|Peter Beinart|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In recent months, prestigious, mainstream Israelis like Yediot Ahronot columnist Nahum Barnea have predicted exactly this.
Romney’s Shameful Views On Palestine|Peter Beinart|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And Nahum Segal, among others, encouraged the purchase of all Israeli products—in Green Line Israel and beyond.
A Concert of Kahanists|Elisheva Goldberg|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Nurnberg, Rev. Nahum, was born in Russia, his father dying very early.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

His mother and her children then went to live with her father, who was a strict Jew, and as such Nahum was brought up.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
Nineveh, 'the bloody city,' fell, never to rise again and the doom pronounced by Nahum was fulfilled.
Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People|A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
I never supposed that Nahum knew the least thing about railroads, or that Job would have known a telegraph if he had seen it.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
My clerk Nahum lodges with them—I can never go into my reading-desk and have that fellow so near me.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for Nahum

Nahum

/ (ˈneɪhəm) /

noun Old Testament

a Hebrew prophet of the 7th century bc

the book containing his oracles

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