Name meaning and origin
Noah
Hebrew: Rest, comfort, peace
Where the name comes from
- HebrewRest, comfort, peaceנֹחַ (Noach) from נוּחַ (nuach, to rest)
Noah across traditions
- Biblical. Builder of the Ark, saved humanity and animals from flood
- Jewish. Righteous in his generation, Noahide laws for all humanity
- Christian. Prefigures baptism and salvation through water
- Islamic. Nuh - prophet who preached 950 years, built the Ark
Forms in other languages
Noach, Nuh, Noé
Noah in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
126
Hebrew Standard
9
Hebrew Ordinal
38
English Simple
228
English Sumerian
70
English Reverse
129
Greek Isopsephy
9
Chaldean
2
Pythagorean
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