Nahum

[ ney-huh m ]

/ ˈneɪ həm /

noun

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

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

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Examples from the Web for nahum

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.

To gather fresh roots out of the earth and eat them Little Father Nahum looks upon as sinful gluttony.
The Green Book|Mr Jkai
Nahum said nothing, but he knew that Colonel Warner would not have arrived in time if he had not set that shoe.
The Child's World|Hetty Browne, Sarah Withers, W.K. Tate
Meanwhile Nahum Sprague, quite unaware that he was likely to be interfered with, took the whip from the hand of his son.
Mark Mason's Victory|Horatio Alger
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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