Hebrew words starting with nun
379 words in the Bible begin with nun (נ), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- natanנָתַןto give: to hand something over so it passes from one person or place to another, whether as a gift, into a position, or into someone's power
- nepheshנֶפֶשׁthe living self: a person or creature as a breathing, needy, feeling whole, and so by extension their life, their longing, and their very self.
- nasaנָשָׂאto lift or raise something up: to take it from where it rests and hold it higher
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- to carry or bear a load: to hold up what has been lifted and move it
- to bear guilt or its punishment: to carry the weight of a wrong
- to forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- naphalנָפַלto fall: to go down from standing or from above, a picture Hebrew stretches to cover being killed, bowing to the ground, being overthrown, deserting to an enemy, and a share falling to someone by lot
- naנָאa short word tacked onto a command, wish, or proposal that marks it as something put to the hearer rather than simply imposed
- ne'umנְאֻםa solemn declaration: the binding pronouncement of a named speaker, used almost always as the prophetic tag "declares the LORD"
- nagadנָגַדto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or disclose what another did not know
- naviנָבִיאa prophet: a person God authorizes to speak for him, carrying his word to a people
- na'arנַעַרa boy, youth, or young man; also a personal attendant or servant, often of junior standing
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
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- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
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- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- nusנוּסto flee: to run from danger, whether to escape it or to reach safety
- negedנֶגֶדin front of: in someone's open view, whether facing them, in their plain sight, or standing over against them
- nagaנָגַעto make contact: for one thing to reach another and touch it, whether lightly, harmfully, or all the way to a place or time
- nasaנָסַעto pull up and move on: to strike a camp and set out, or to wrench something loose from where it was fixed
- nu'aḥנוּחַto come to rest: to settle down, alight, and be at quiet after motion or trouble
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- to give rest: to grant relief and security, almost always God settling his people safe from their enemies
- to set down: to lay, deposit, or place a thing somewhere, and by extension to leave it, leave it alone, or let it be
- naḥalנַחַלa seasonal desert watercourse: the ravine that channels rushing water in the rainy season and lies dry the rest of the year, and the rushing water itself
- neḥoshetנְחֹשֶׁתcopper or bronze: the metal itself, its products, and what its hardness symbolizes
- nasiנָשִׂיאa leader: one lifted up over others to rule, represent, or speak for them
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- rising mist: vapor or clouds that lift up from the earth
- nagashנָגַשׁto draw near, or to bring near: closing the physical distance to a person, place, or thing, whether by one's own movement or by causing something else to move
- naharנָהָרa river: a steady, year-round stream of flowing water, often a large named one
- navaנָבָאto prophesy: to act as a prophet, speaking out a message presented as God's word (whether the speaker truly received it or not)
- negevנֶגֶבthe south: the compass direction, or the side of something that faces it
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- the Negev: the dry, semi-desert region of southern Judah
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
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- to regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- negaנֶגַעa blow that lands as a sending from God: a plague, calamity, or stroke of discipline understood as coming from his hand.
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- the suspect mark a priest inspects: the sore on skin, or the discoloration in cloth or a house wall, presented to be ruled clean or unclean.
- natsavנָצַבto take up a fixed standing position, or to put something firmly in place: to stand stationed, to stand firm, and to set up or erect.
- navatנָבַטto look intently: to fix the eyes or the attention on something with real interest, not a passing glance
- natsaḥנָצַחto oversee a task or group, taking charge so the work is carried out well
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- to be lasting or unrelenting; to keep on without stopping
- nesekhנֶסֶךְa drink offering: wine (or another liquid) poured out before God as part of a sacrifice
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- a cast idol: a metal image shaped by pouring molten metal into a mold
- na'arahנַעֲרָהa girl or young woman: a female past childhood but not yet settled as a wife or mother, often one of marriageable age
- natsarנָצַרto keep close watch over something and guard it: to protect it, hold onto it faithfully, or keep it safe
- nevukhadnetstsarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרNebuchadnezzarnot studied yet
- nederנֶדֶרa vow: a voluntary promise made to God, and the offering given to keep it
- naḥalנָחַלto receive, grant, or hold an inheritance: to come into permanent family property, or to pass it on, as a gift kept within the family
- nataנָטַעto plant: to drive a tree, vine, or seedling into the ground so it takes root and grows
- nadaḥנָדַחto drive away: to push or force someone or something out of where it belongs.
- naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיNaphtali: Jacob's sixth son, the second boy Rachel's servant Bilhah bore for her, along with the tribe descended from him and its territory in the lake country and hills of Galilee
- nasagנָשַׂגto overtake or reach something that was ahead of or beyond you: to close the gap and arrive at it
- nagaphנָגַףto hit something hard enough to damage it: a collision, whether an animal against an animal, a foot against a stone, an army broken in defeat, or God striking with plague.
- nerנֵרlamp: a small oil-burning lamp, and by extension the light of a life or a household that can shine or be snuffed out
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
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- to treat as foreign: to make a person or thing strange, whether by disguising, disowning, or failing to know it
- nevelahנְבֵלָהa dead body: the lifeless corpse of an animal or person, treated as unclean
- na'urנְעוּרִיםyouth: the early stretch of a life, from childhood into young adulthood, seen as a whole season
- no'aḥנֹחַNoah: the man who built the ark and lived through the flood, whose name is the everyday Hebrew word for "rest"
- nagidנָגִידa leader: the one placed out front and at the head of others, with the authority to direct them
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
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- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- niḥo'aḥנִיחֹחַsoothing, pleasing: the quality of a sacrifice that God finds acceptable and welcome.
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
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- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
- naqiנָקִיinnocent: free from guilt or from a claim against you, and so not liable to be punished or held responsible.
- natanנָתָןNathannot studied yet
- natatsנָתַץto tear down: to demolish something built, reducing a structure to rubble
- nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
- natashנָטַשׁto abandon: to walk away from someone or something one is bound to keep
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- to let lie: to release a field or a matter and leave it alone
- to spread out: to scatter, deploy, or let loose over an area
- naḥahנָחָהto lead or guide someone along a way toward a destination.
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
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- a stringed instrument of the harp or lyre family, used in worship and celebration
- nuphנוּףto move something back and forth through the air: to wave, swing, wield, or brandish it.
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- to sprinkle or scent something with fragrance: to perfume it.
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- nasahנָסָהto put to the test: to set up a trial that brings out what a person, a thing, or even God will actually do
- navehנָוֶהa settled place of rest: the shepherd's pasture and fold, and by extension the secure home of people or of God
- naqamנָקַםto avenge: to set a wrong right by punishing the wrongdoer, as a rightful authority and not as a private grudge
- nashaqנָשַׁקto kiss: to press the lips to a person or thing as a sign of affection, greeting, or homage
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- to handle or be equipped with a weapon; to touch or join closely
- na'aphנָאַףto commit adultery: to have sex with someone who is married or engaged to another person, breaking that marriage bond
- nadarנָדַרto make a binding promise to God: to pledge a gift, an act, or a person to the deity, usually in return for help
- nahagנָהַגto drive or lead: to set someone or something in motion and keep it moving toward where you want it to go
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- to moan or wail: to make a low sound of grief, like a mourner
- naḥashנָחָשׁserpent: a snake, the limbless reptile, used both for the literal creature and as a vivid image of danger, cunning, and cosmic evil
- nunנוּןNunnot studied yet
- niddahנִדָּהimpurity that defiles and must be kept apart, pictured most concretely by a woman during her monthly period
- nadivנָדִיבwilling: moved from within to give or act freely, rather than under compulsion or obligation
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- a noble or prince: a person of high rank, of whom the open-handed generosity the title implies is expected
- nadadנָדַדto move away in flight: to flee, roam as a fugitive, flutter off, or be driven from one's place
- neqamahנְקָמָהvengeance: repaying a wrong with the punishment it deserves.
- nataqנָתַקto pull something apart by force: to snap what binds, drag a person away, or wrench a thing loose
- nedavahנְדָבָהa gift or act offered freely and of one's own accord, not owed or required; above all a freewill offering brought to God out of willingness rather than obligation
- nesherנֶשֶׁרthe eagle or great vulture: the largest and highest-flying bird of prey known in the biblical world
- netivahנְתִיבָהpath: a trail worn smooth by feet, a poetic word for a way
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- nevatנְבָטNebatnot studied yet
- navelנָבֵלto wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
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- to be a disgraceful fool, or to treat someone as one: to act senselessly, and to shame, dishonor, or hold in contempt.
- nezerנֵזֶרa mark of being set apart for God, worn on the head: the state of consecration itself, or the emblem that shows it (a Nazirite's unshorn hair, a priest's gold band, a king's crown).
- nokhaḥנֹכַחdirectly in front of or opposite: the position of facing something head-on
- nasakhנָסַךְto pour out a liquid, above all as a drink offering poured out to a god; and, by the same picture, to pour molten metal into a mold to cast an image.
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- to install or set someone in an appointed place of authority, as God enthrones his chosen king.
- nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering
- nazahנָזָהto scatter drops of a liquid (usually blood or water) onto a person or object, whether flicked there on purpose or spurting out on its own
- neshamahנְשָׁמָהbreath: the air a living body draws in and out, understood as God's own breath given on loan, whose presence is life and whose departure is death
- nagasנָגַשׂto drive or press someone into compliance: to bear down on people (or animals) with forced labor, debt, tribute, or sheer domination.
- navotנָבוֹתNabothnot studied yet
- navalנָבָלNabal: the wealthy sheep owner of Carmel in Judah, husband of Abigail, who repaid David's protection with contempt and died ten days later; the name is spelled with the everyday Hebrew word for a scoundrel whose conduct shatters the community
- na'alנַעַלa sandal: the open, thong-tied footwear worn on the foot in the ancient world.
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
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- to scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
- neqevahנְקֵבָהfemale: the female one of a human or animal pair, the counterpart to the male.
- nesנֵסa raised signal: a pole, standard, or banner lifted up high so everyone can see it and respond
- no'omiנׇעֳמִיNaominot studied yet
- natakhנָתַךְto pour out and stream down; of divine anger, to be unleashed on a place; of ore, to melt down in a furnace
- natashנָתַשׁto pull up by the roots: to uproot a plant, and so to tear a people, a shrine, a city, or a ruling house out of the place where it stood settled
- nadavנָדָבNadabnot studied yet
- netanyahנְתַנְיָהוּNethaniahnot studied yet
- nogahנֹגַהּbrightness: the gleaming radiance a source throws off, whether from fire, the sun and stars, or the presence of God
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
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- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- naqaphנָקַףto go around: to encircle something completely, close a ring around it, or bring a cycle full circle
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- to strike down: to cut down or hack away, as an axe fells standing timber
- navalנָבָלthe sacrilegious scoundrel: one whose conduct ruptures the covenantal and communal order, not a person of low intelligence
- naḥorנָחוֹרNahor, Abraham's grandfather: the son of Serug and father of Terah, one link in the family line Genesis runs from Shem down to Abraham
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- Nahor, Abraham's brother: the son of Terah who stayed in the north and became the ancestor of Rebekah, of Laban, and of Israel's Aramean relatives
- nataphנָטַףto drip, drop: to fall or flow slowly in drops, as water, dew, myrrh, honey, or wine
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- to prophesy, preach: to pour out a stream of inspired words
- nadavנָדַבto give or offer freely out of a willing heart; to volunteer
- nezemנֶזֶםa small gold ring worn as jewelry, pierced through the nose or the ear
- ninvehנִינְוֵהNinevehnot studied yet
- naqamנָקָםvengeance: punishment inflicted in return for a wrong, by one who has the standing to inflict it
- nerנֵרNernot studied yet
- natinנְתִינִיםtemple servants: an order of workers given over to the upkeep of the sanctuary, ranking below the priests and the Levites
- nevuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָןNebuzaradannot studied yet
- nazirנָזִירa Nazirite: a person consecrated to God by a vow of abstinence, marked by uncut hair and by staying away from wine and from the dead
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- a distinguished one: a person singled out and set above his fellows, a prince or elect one
- an unpruned vine: a grapevine left untended and uncut during the fallow year
- nazalנָזַלto flow: for water or liquid to run, stream, or trickle along
- na'amanנַעֲמָןNaamannot studied yet
- nasahנָשָׁאto deceive: to lure someone into a false sense of security or hope so their own judgment is corrupted
- nashakhנָשַׁךְto bite: to sink teeth into, the way a snake strikes
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- to charge interest on a loan; to lend at interest
- naganנָגַןto play a stringed instrument: to make music by plucking the strings of a lyre or harp
- neginahנְגִינָהstring music: the sound of a plucked instrument and the song set to it, whether played in worship or aimed at someone in mockery
- netanelנְתַנְאֵלNethanelnot studied yet
- neteqנֶתֶקa flaking, bare patch on the scalp or in the beard where the hair thins and falls out, which a priest inspects and rules clean or unclean
- nevoנְבוֹNebonot studied yet
- nevalahנְבָלָהan outrage: an act so shameful that the community cannot absorb it and must answer it
- na'imנָעִיםlovely, sweet, delightful: pleasing to the senses and the heart, giving genuine delight
- netaḥנֵתַחa piece of a butchered animal: one of the sections a carcass is cut into at the joints
- na'ahנָוָהopen grazing country: the wide pasture lands a flock is turned out on, and by extension the whole territory a people lives off
- naphaḥנָפַחto blow: to force air out through the mouth, or through a bellows, on purpose and with effect
- nashahנָשָׁהto lend to someone and so hold a claim on them: to act as their creditor.
- neshekhנֶשֶׁךְinterest on a loan: the extra a lender takes from a borrower, named as a bite
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
- navaנָבַעto bubble up and gush out, as water from a spring or words from a mouth
- nagaḥנָגַחto strike and drive with the horns: to gore an animal or a person, and so to charge an opponent and force them back
- naḥashנָחַשׁto practice divination: to look for a sign, or take something as a sign, that tells what is hidden or what is coming
- naḥatנָחֵתto go down, descend, and (when force is applied) to sink in, press down, or bring low.
- netophatiנְטֹפָתִיNetophathitenot studied yet
- na'arנָעַרto shake something so that whatever is clinging to it comes loose and is thrown away
- natsahנָצָהto fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
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- to be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
- netsivנְצִיבa garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
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- a royal deputy: a man the king has set over a district to answer for it
- a pillar: something left standing fixed in one place
- na'ehנָאוֶהpleasing because it suits: lovely to look at, or right and becoming for the person or the occasion
- nagarנָגַרto flow or pour: to run, spill, or be poured out like water, or to send something pouring or tumbling down
- nahalנָהַלto lead those who cannot lead themselves: to conduct, guide, and provide for the dependent
- nazarנָזַרto set apart by going without: to consecrate oneself to God by giving something up, or to hold clear of what one must not touch
- neḥushahנְחוּשָׁהbronze or copper: the hard metal, named almost always in poetry, both for real bronze things and for whatever refuses to give way
- naḥashנָחָשׁNahash: a man's name, carried above all by the king of Ammon who besieged Jabesh-gilead in Saul's day and whose son later insulted David's envoys.
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- Ir-nahash: a town in Judah named once in the family records of Chronicles, its site unknown.
- naḥshonנַחְשׁוֹןNahshonnot studied yet
- neriyyahנֵרִיָהוּNeriahnot studied yet
- nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
- nadaphנָדַףto blow away: to sweep a weightless thing off on a rush of wind so that it scatters and is nowhere to be found
- natarנָטַרto keep: hold on to something and not let it go, whether a vineyard you guard or anger you refuse to release
- nasagנָסַגto push something back out of the place where it belongs; most often, to shift a boundary marker and quietly take over a neighbor's land.
- naqodנָקֹדspeckled: marked with small scattered spots of a second color, said of sheep and goats
- neregal sharetserנֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶצֶרNergal-sar-ezernot studied yet
- nataḥנָתַחto cut a dead body apart at the joints into its separate pieces: to butcher a carcass into a countable set of parts
- nuנוּאto block something from taking effect: to overrule a vow, turn people back from a course they were set on, or bring a plan to nothing
- neḥemyahנְחֶמְיָהNehemiahnot studied yet
- nekhoנְכוֹ(Pharaoh) Neconot studied yet
- na'alנָעַלto bolt a door: to fasten a closed door with its bar so it cannot be opened from outside
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- to put sandals on someone: to fit another person's feet with footwear
- na'emנָעֵםto be delightful: to be lovely, sweet, or agreeable, giving real pleasure to the person who experiences it
- natarנָתַרto leap or spring: to jump off the ground, or to jolt suddenly, and so to make something else jump
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- to loosen or untie what holds something fast, and so to let a person or thing go free
- negephנֶגֶףa striking blow: the impact that brings something down, whether a deadly stroke against a people or a foot hitting a stone
- nehiנְהִיwailing: the loud, drawn-out cry of grief raised over the dead or over a ruined land, and the mourning song made out of that cry
- naḥatנַחַתquiet: the settled calm that is left when strain, noise, and hurry stop
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- a coming down: the downward stroke of something brought down, or what is set down in place
- no'amנֹעַםthe perceptible delightfulness of favor: the gracious, pleasant quality of someone or something that is a delight to experience
- nophנֹף, מֹףMemphisnot studied yet
- nashalנָשַׁלto come loose from whatever was holding it, or to work something loose: a sandal off a foot, an axe head off its handle, a settled people off their land
- nodנֹאדwineskinnot studied yet
- novנֹבNobnot studied yet
- nevi'ahנְבִיאָהprophetessnot studied yet
- nagahנָגַהּto shinenot studied yet
- nedנֵדheapnot studied yet
- naharנָהַרto stream: for a crowd of people to keep pouring steadily toward one place, the way a river runs
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- to beam: for a person's face to brighten and light up at what it sees
- navitנָוִיתNaiothnot studied yet
- numנוּםto doze: to slip into the light, drowsy edge of sleep, short of sleeping outright
- nazidנָזִידstewnot studied yet
- namerנָמֵרleopardnot studied yet
- nesikhנָסִיךְsomething poured out: wine poured as an offering to a god, or metal poured into a mold to make an image.
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- a chief installed in office: one of a group of rulers over a people, named alongside a greater king or as the leadership of a nation.
- naqarנָקַרto dignot studied yet
- nashahנָשָׁהto forgetnot studied yet
- noנֹאThebesnot studied yet
- ne'atsahנֶאָצָהcontemptnot studied yet
- nevavotנְבָיוֹתNebaiothnot studied yet
- nahamנָהַםto groannot studied yet
- naḥnuנַחְנוּwenot studied yet
- naḥatנַחַתNahathnot studied yet
- nekhesנֶכֶסwealthnot studied yet
- nimshiנִמְשִׁיNimshinot studied yet
- na'amahנַעֲמָהNaamah: a Hebrew name meaning "the pleasant one", borne in the Bible by two women and by one town in Judah
- nophetנֹפֶתhoney that runs out of the comb on its own: the freshest, purest grade, and a poet's word for the sweetest thing there is.
- niqqavonנִקָּיוֹןinnocence: the state of being clean of guilt, with nothing on you that anyone can hold against you (and once, plainly, cleanness itself)
- naqashנָקַשׁto snarenot studied yet
- ne'aqahנְאָקָהgroannot studied yet
- navavנָבַבbe hollownot studied yet
- nuvנוּבto bear fruitnot studied yet
- notsahנוֹצָהplumagenot studied yet
- natalנָטַלto liftnot studied yet
- netaנֶטַעplantationnot studied yet
- nakheנָכֵאstrickennot studied yet
- nakho'aḥנָכֹחַstraightforwardnot studied yet
- nekhoḥahנְכֹחָהuprightnot studied yet
- nakhalנָכַלto plotnot studied yet
- nimrodנִמְרֹדNimrodnot studied yet