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Nahamani — a leader among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel and Nehemiah
Nahamani appears in Nehemiah's list of returnees, bearing a name that means 'compassionate' or 'Yah has comforted.' He's among the leading men who accompanied Zerubbabel and Nehemiah back to Jerusalem. Such names were common in the exile and return period, reflecting hopes for divine comfort after judgment. The Greek version shows textual complications, possibly confusing this name with Nehemiah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name in Nehemiah 7:7, identifying one of the leaders who returned from Babylonian captivity. The name means 'compassionate' or possibly 'Yahweh has shown compassion,' formed from נחם (comfort, console) with theophoric or adjectival ending. Ancient Greek manuscripts render this as a genitive form of Nehemiah (Νεεμιου), suggesting textual confusion or that some Greek translators identified Nahamani with Nehemiah himself. The name fits the comfort-theology common among exilic and post-exilic names. 1×
AR["نَحَمانِي"]·ben["নহমানি"]·DE["[נחמני]"]·EN["Nahamani"]·FR["[נחמני]"]·heb["נחמני"]·HI["नहमानी"]·ID["Nahamani"]·IT["[נחמני]"]·jav["Nahamani"]·KO["나하마니"]·PT["Nahamani"]·RU["Нахамани"]·ES["Nahamaní"]·SW["Nahamani"]·TR["Nahamani"]·urd["نحمانی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נַחֲמָנִי n.pr.m. (compassionate) a returned exile Ne 7:7; 𝔊 Νεεμιου (gen.).