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Hebrew name, meaning 'comforter'. Nahum was a minor prophet in the Bible.
Pronounced: NAY-əm, NAY-həm

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Nahum Tate, Irish poet and England's poet laurette in 1692
Saint Nahum, enlightener of the Bulgarians
Saint Nahum of Solovki (1853), repose of Elder
Saint Nahum of Ochrida (9th cenury)
Saint Nahum, holy Equal-to-the-Apostle, disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius (10th century)
Saint Nahum, prophet (7th century B.C.)

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