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נחת
נחת
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root | 
|---|
| נ־ח־ת | 
Noun
נָחֵת • (nakhét) m (plural indefinite נְחֵתִים, singular construct נְחֵת־, plural construct נְחֵתֵי־)
Noun
נֶחָת • (nekhát) m (plural indefinite נֶחָתִים, singular construct נַחַת־, plural construct נֶחָתֵי־)
- A marine, such as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
 - (נַחַת־, nakhát) Singular construct form of נֶחָת.
 
Verb
נָחַת • (nakhát) (pa'al construction)
- (of an aircraft, or its passengers or cargo) To land.
 
Etymology 2
| Root | 
|---|
| נ־ו־ח | 
Noun
נַחַת • (nákhat) f (no plural forms, singular construct נַחַת־)
-  Relaxation, rest; comfort, peace.
-  Ecclesiastes 6:5
-  גַּם־שֶׁמֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָה וְלֹא יָדָע נַחַת לָזֶה מִזֶּה׃
- gám-shémesh ló-ra'á v'ló yadá nákhat lazé mizé.
 - Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
 
 
 -  גַּם־שֶׁמֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָה וְלֹא יָדָע נַחַת לָזֶה מִזֶּה׃
 
 -  Ecclesiastes 6:5
 
References
- “נחת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), ISBN 965-17-0096-3, page 845.
 
Yiddish
Etymology
Noun
נחת • (nakhes) m, n (no plural)
-  pleasure, satisfaction (especially the pleasure that a parent derives from a child)
- שעפּן נחת ― shepn nakhes ― to derive pleasure