Where does “Nahum” come from?

Nahum is the English form of Hebrew נַחוּם, a biblical name of uncertain etymology and meaning.

Nahum (English): A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible

Definitions

  1. A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible

Ancestry of “Nahum”, step by step

Nahum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew נַחוּם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewנַחוּםconsolation

via Biblical Hebrew נַחוּם

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewנַחוּם—

Words derived from “Nahum”

Every word from Hebrew נַחוּם →