# H5117 נוּחַ

נוּחַ (nûwach), Strong’s H5117: to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let… KJV: cease, be…

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*nûwach* — to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let…

KJV: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give…

Occurs 67 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נוּחַ vb. rest
- Qal
- 1 rest, settle down and remain
- 2 repose, be quiet, have rest
- Hiph.
- 1 cause to rest = give rest to
- 2 cause to rest (i.e. light) upon
- 1 lay or set down, deposit, let lie
- 2 let remain, leave (in present condition)
- 3 leave = depart from
- 4 abandon
- 5 let alone (refrain from interfering with)
- 6 permit
- Hoph.
- A no rest is granted to us
- B as subst. = space left, open space

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 8:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=4) — The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.
- [Exodus 10:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=14) — The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before…
- [Exodus 17:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/17?v=11) — When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- [Exodus 20:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=11) — for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore…
- [Exodus 23:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=12) — “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest…
- [Exodus 33:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/33?v=14) — He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- [Numbers 10:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/10?v=36) — When it rested, he said, “Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
- [Numbers 11:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=25) — The LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy…
- [Numbers 11:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=26) — But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on…
- [Deuteronomy 3:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/3?v=20) — until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God gives…