Nahum

noun

Na·hum ˈnā-əm

-həm

: a Hebrew prophet of the seventh century b.c.

: a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table

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Hebrew Naḥūm

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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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