What does לְאֹם · נָחָה mean in the Bible?
לְאֹם · נָחָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "guide or lead the nations".
Hebrew · H3816, H5148
לְאֻמִּים...תַּנְחֵם
A community · to guide ; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
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לְאֹם H3816 a community
נָחָה H5148 to guide ; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Pronunciation nāḥāh
To lead or guide with authority; transport implies displacement, often involuntary exile or relocation.
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What does לְאֻמִּים...תַּנְחֵם (le'ummim...tanchem) mean in the Bible?
לְאֹם · נָחָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "guide or lead the nations".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3816, H5148?
H3816, H5148 is connected to 75 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. guide or lead the nations
Strong's H3816, H5148
Lexical occurrences 75 verses Source Gloss
guide or lead the nations
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain