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Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Jewish (?)
Scripts נָחָשׁ(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsNachash, Nakhash, Nahash (Common Israeli Romanization); Naẖash (Hebrew Academy Romanization); Nāḥāš (ISO 259 Tiberian Romanization)
Meaning & History
Means "snake" in Hebrew, from the vocabulary noun נָחָשׁ (nachash or nāḥāš).This name also nearly coincides with - and, without niqqudot (diacritical vowel markings), is indeed identical to - the Hebrew vocabulary noun נַחַשׁ (nachash or náḥaš) "magic, spell, enchantment".