Every Name in Tanakh

נַחוּם Nachum

Often spelled Nahum in English. Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 104×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A prophet whose book announces the coming destruction of Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, as God's judgment for its cruelty (Book of Nahum). His name relates to the Hebrew root for “comfort,” so the count includes ordinary uses of that word.

Nahum 1:1נחום א:א

מַשָּׂא נִֽינְוֵה סֵפֶר חֲזוֹן נַחוּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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What is the gematria of Nachum?

Nachum (Nahum) — נחום in Hebrew — has a gematria of 104 in the standard method.

How many times is Nachum named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at Nahum 1:1.

A spelling is not a name. The written word נחום stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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