Midvash

נֹבַחNôbach

Nobach, the name of an Israelite, and of a place East of the Jordan

Pronunciation: no'-bach · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5025

Meanings

1. a Manassite (Numbers 32:42)

2. in Gilead (Judges 8:11; Numbers 32:42)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 32:42 Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.
  • Judges 8:11 Gideon circled around by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, taking the Midianite army by surprise.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).