Nôbach — H5025

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

1. Nobah = "barking"
2. n pr m
3. 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
4. n pr loc
5. 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

Usually translated as

Nobah

Origin

from H5024; a bark

• Derived from Nâbach (H5024)

Occurrences

Nôbach occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Judges (1)

• Numbers 32:42 — And Nobah (וְנֹ֣בַח) went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
• Numbers 32:42 — And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah (נֹ֖בַח), after his own name.
• Judges 8:11 — And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah (לְנֹ֖בַח) and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.