"Traditional name"
The name Nochum is commonly a male name.
Nochum is the Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Nahum, borne in the Bible by the prophet whose short book is counted among the twelve minor prophets. The Hebrew name comes from the root n-kh-m, to comfort, and is glossed as comfort or consolation. Ashkenazi Jews used Nochum as the Yiddish pronunciation of the Hebrew name, and English transliterations appear as Nochum, Nachum and Nuchum.
The pronunciation of Nochum is NOH-khum.
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