Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/N*nVwVḫ-: 'be extended, stretched out, repose; be long' Root FieldValueReconstruction*nVwVḫ-Meaning'be extended, stretched out, repose; be long'BasisSEDSEDSEDonline semet 1846 Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicnwḫgloss withheldAkkadiannâḫu A (CAD N/1 143); nēḫiš (CAD N/2 150)CAD N/1 143; CAD N/2 150gloss withheldTigrenäwwäḥagloss withheldMandaic AramaicniahaUgariticnwḫGeeznwḫ, nuḫatgloss withheldHebrewnwḥ: nûaḥ qal; hif.; nīḥōaḥ (HALOT 679, 696)HALOT 679, 696gloss withheldSyrian Aramaicnwḥ 'to rest, cease' (Payne Smith 331); nīḥāʾīt 'gently, placidly, softly' (Payne Smith 338)Payne Smith 331; Payne Smith 338Tigrinyanäwwiḥgloss withheldPunicNeo-Punic mnḥt (Krahmalkov 295)Krahmalkov 295gloss withheldPhoeniciannḥ (Krahmalkov 327); mnḥ (T 186); ynḥ (T 212); nḥt (T 213); mnḥt (Krahmalkov 295)Krahmalkov 327; T 186; T 212; T 213; Krahmalkov 295gloss withheldAmoritenwḫ: janūḫ, nāḫum, nīḫum, nīḫatum (Gelb AS 21, 28); tanūḫ (Buck 2019, 330)Gelb AS 21 28; Buck 2019, 330gloss withheldJudaic Aramaicnwḥ (HALOT 679)HALOT 679gloss withheldCanaanitenuḫti (HALOT 679)HALOT 679 A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageN