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Nobah

נֹ֫בַחStrong’s H5025

novach (no-vach)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Novach is the Hebrew word usually translated “nobah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.”
Numbers 32:42 KJV
Meaning
  1. A warrior of Manasseh who during the conquest of the territory on the east of the Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and surrounding villages
  2. A place in Gilead which comprised the towns of Kenath and its surrounding villages captured by 1 above and renamed after himself; area eventually regained its original identity
How it's translated
  • and nobah 1
  • nobah 1
  • of nobah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 1
  • Judges 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נֹ֫בַח novach · Nobah

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.42 § Nobah = "barking" 1) a warrior of Manasseh who during the conquest of the territory on the east of the Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and surrounding villages 2) a place in Gilead which comprised the towns of Kenath and its surrounding villages captured by 1 above and renamed after himself; area eventually regained its original identity

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.