Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV Usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָנַח (ya.nach) — to rest. 1) to rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place 1b4) to let remain, leave 1b5) to leave, depart from 1b6) to abandon 1b7) to permit 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest 1c2) to be left, be placed 1c3) open space (subst)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · הֲנָחָה · מָנֹוחַ · מְנוּחָה · נוּחַ · נַחַת · נִיחֹחַ · מָנֹוחַ · נֹחַ
Non-Engage | verb qal
to wait, to pause, to rest = action by which humans or animals stop their current or regular activities, ► often with the purpose of recovering their strength
EXO 20:11 · EXO 23:12 · DEU 5:14 · 1SA 25:9 · EST 9:17 · EST 9:18
Non-Contain | verb hof
to be left empty literally: to have rest; hence: = state in which an area is unoccupied
Relief | verb qal
to have relief, to be at rest literally: to rest; hence: = state in which humans are free from grief, anxiety, worries, and fear
JOB 3:13 · JOB 3:17 · JOB 3:26 · ISA 14:7 · ISA 57:2 · DAN 12:13 · HAB 3:16
Relief | verb hif
to grant relief, to give rest literally: to give rest; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to be free from grief, anxiety, worries, and fear
Lax
to lay to rest, to soothe literally: to give rest (to an event); hence: = causative process by which a certain attitude reduces the intensity of an event
Relief | verb hif
Collocation: נוח חֵמָה
to give vent to (one's) anger literally: to give rest to (one's) anger; hence: = causative action by which deities cause their anger to subside by punishing those who provoked it
Relief | verb hif
Collocation: נוח רוּחַ
to give vent to (one's) anger literally: to give rest to (someone's) spirit; hence: = causative action by which humans cause the anger of deities to subside
Safe | verb qal
to find rest, to find peace literally: to find rest; hence: = process by which humans experience peace, without threats from surrounding enemies
Safe | verb hif, verb hof
to grant rest, to give peace literally: to give rest; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to experience peace, without threats from surrounding enemies
DEU 3:20 · DEU 12:10 · DEU 25:19 · JOS 1:13 · JOS 1:15 · JOS 21:44 · JOS 22:4 · JOS 23:1 · JDG 2:23 · JDG 3:1 · 2SA 7:1 · 2SA 7:11 · 2SA 16:11 · 1KI 5:18 · 1KI 7:47 · 2KI 23:18 · 1CH 22:9 · 1CH 22:18 · 1CH 23:25 · 2CH 14:5 · 2CH 14:6 · 2CH 15:15 · 2CH 20:30 · EST 3:8 · ISA 63:14 · LAM 5:5
Unfaithful | verb hif
Collocation: נוח מָקֹום
to leave (one's) post literally: to give rest to (one's) place; exact meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans stop fulfilling their role and responsibility
Space | verb qal
to settle down, to rest literally: to rest; hence: = process by which a moving entity takes position in a certain location
GEN 8:4 · EXO 10:14 · NUM 10:36 · NUM 11:25 · NUM 11:26 · JOS 3:13 · 2SA 21:10 · 2KI 2:15 · PRO 21:16 · ISA 7:19 · ISA 11:2
Space | verb hif, verb hof
to put, to place, to set aside, to deposit, to leave literally: to give rest; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities place (other) humans or inanimate objects in a certain location, often with the intention of leaving them there for an extended period of time
GEN 2:15 · GEN 19:16 · GEN 39:16 · GEN 42:33 · EXO 16:23 · EXO 16:24 · EXO 16:33 · EXO 16:34 · LEV 7:15 · LEV 16:23 · LEV 24:12 · NUM 15:34 · NUM 17:19 · NUM 17:22 · NUM 19:9 · NUM 32:15 · DEU 14:28 · DEU 26:4 · DEU 26:10 · JOS 4:3 · JOS 4:8 · JOS 6:23 · JDG 6:18 · JDG 6:20 · 1SA 6:18 · 1SA 10:25 · 2SA 16:21 · 2SA 20:3 · 1KI 8:9 · 1KI 13:29 · 1KI 13:30 · 1KI 13:31 · 1KI 19:3 · 2KI 17:29 · 2CH 1:14 · 2CH 4:8 · 2CH 9:25 · PSA 119:121 · ISA 14:1 · ISA 28:2 · ISA 46:7 · JER 14:9 · JER 27:11 · JER 43:6 · EZK 16:39 · EZK 22:20 · EZK 37:1 · EZK 37:14 · EZK 40:2 · EZK 40:42 · EZK 42:13 · EZK 42:14 · EZK 44:19 · AMO 5:7 · ZEC 5:11
Happen | verb qal
to abide, to lodge, to happen, to take place literally: to rest; hence: = state in which an event is to take place in a certain location, ◄ as if it were physically located there
Happen | verb hif
to lay, to cause to happen, to take place literally: to cause to rest; hence: = causative action by which deities cause an event to take place certain location, ◄ as if it were physically located there
Possess | verb hif
to leave (something) to (someone else) literally: to leave (something at a certain place); hence: = causative process by which human possessions are transferred to their offspring or their successors when they die
Engage | verb hif
Collocation: נוח שֵׁם
to leave (something) to (someone else) literally: to leave (one's) name (to someone else); hence: = causative process by which the reputation of humans becomes the reason for other humans to engage in a certain activity
Unsafe | verb qal
to descend (on someone else) literally: to rest (on someone else); hence: = action by which humans attack other humans with overwhelming force
Stance | verb hif
Collocation: נוח יָד
to lower (one's) hand, to withdraw (one's) hand literally: to give rest to (one's) hand; hence: = action by which humans allow their outstretched hand to return to their body, ◄ often as a result of weariness
Non-Engage | verb hif
Collocation: נוח יָד
to let (one's) hands be idle literally: to withdraw (one's) hand; hence: = action by which humans intentionally refrain from an activity
Willing | verb hif
to allow literally: to give rest; hence: = action by which humans or forces intentionally do not keep (other) humans or deities from carrying out a certain activity
EXO 32:10 · JDG 16:26 · 1CH 16:21 · PSA 105:14 · ECC 5:11
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נוּחַ vb. rest Qal rest, settle down and remain
repose, be quiet, have rest
Hiph.
cause to rest = give rest to
cause to rest (i.e. light) upon
lay or set down, deposit, let lie
let remain, leave (in present condition)
leave = depart from
abandon
let alone (refrain from interfering with)
permit
Hoph. no rest is granted to us
as subst. = space left, open space
base