Lexicon
נָחֵת
na.chet
H5185
H:A Hebrew

descended

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Hebrew
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na.chet describes those positioned as having gone down to a specified place in a warning about the Arameans.

The attested use describes a group as having gone down to the place named in the warning of 2 Kings 6:9.

Senses in use

  1. Those gone down to a place · dominant

    In 2 Kings 6:9, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the warning not to pass through a place because the Arameans are there; the APB renders the clause, “because the Arameans have gone down there.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 6:9, the APB presents the clause as “the Arameans have gone down there.” This rendering confirms the clause's overall depiction rather than isolating the term word for word.

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