Nechama

(person) by Metacognizant (9.4 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Jul 03 2002 at 15:24:53

Nechama is the Hebrew word meaning solace or comfort. In Hebrew its spelled Nun Chet Mem Hey (N-Kh-M-H), and its shoresh, or three letter root, is Nun Chet Mem (N-Kh-M). Its gematria, or numerological value, is 103.

As the word is a feminine noun, its also a not uncommon Hebrew name, whose closest male equivalents are Nachum, comforter, and Nechemya, comforted by God. It should be noted that while Nachum and Nechemya were both Biblical prophets, there was no Old Testament character named Nechama.

Though Nechama is most properly pronounced with a short U sound- NeCHUHma- as a name it has often been Yiddishized to NeCHUma (long U) and Anglicized to NeCHAAma (long A). The "Ch" is pronounced gutturally, as in "Bach" or "Achtung", not as in "Archer" or "Chord".

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Nechama Leibowitz	Nehemiah	Solace	HOT DAMN 2! When Ohio's a rockin' don't come a knockin'
The Big One	Jude	Kursk	Hebrew alphabet
Israeli Hebrew	gematria	grammar	Don't be sexy. I said stop that.
Hebrew	English	German	Old Testament
Yiddish	Old Yeller	An American Family

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