naḥūm נַחוּם ‘Nahum’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from nāḥam נָחַם ‘to comfort’
Roots: נחם

naḥūm pr n m pers
Nahum = "comfort"
1) the Elkoshite, prophet who predicted the fall and destruction of Nineveh; writer of the book by his name; personal history and situation unknown