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Nobah

נֹ֫בַחStrong’s H7079

novach (no-vach)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Novach is the Hebrew word usually translated “kenath”. 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. Nobah = "barking"
How it's translated
  • kenath 2

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

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

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נֹ֫בַח novach · Nobah

Nobah = "barking" a place in Gilead which comprised the towns of Kenath and its surrounding villages named after its conqueror; area eventually regained its original identity Another name of qe.nat (קְנָת "Kenath" H7079)

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.