Tanchum | Imamother

amother

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 6:30 pm

Is anyone familiar with this name? How unusual is it? Is it found in tanach?

Can any grammarists explain how the meaning is different from Nachum?

mommy3b2c

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 6:33 pm

I know a boy with name. Actually, I think 2. I don’t know anything about it. The boys are called Tani. I think it’s cute.

amother

Kiwi

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 6:41 pm

I know a Tani and his name is Netanel.

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Zinnia

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 6:54 pm

I love the name of tani. cute way to enhance the name tanchum

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Buttercup

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 7:32 pm

I know one a with the name Tanchum. He should live and be well, is in his 70s.
Very choshuv melamed tinokos for decades

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Snowflake

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 7:40 pm

Not in Tanach, though the plural of the word - tanchumim is in Navi. It means word of comfort.
Love the nickname Tani!

Scotty

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 8:46 pm

I know a Tanchum nicknamed Tani.

I have also found it in (recent) historical accounts of an early Jewish peddler/successful storekeeper and patriarch, Tanchum (Tonkle was his English nickname 😂) Pearlstine in the American south circa the Civil War if I recall correctly. I can post references if that interests you.

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 10:24 pm

Name of a character in Hidden by Rochel Istrin. I don't think it's relevant but I assume it must have been a name used by that demographic in that time period....

tigerwife

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 10:49 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Name of a character in Hidden by Rochel Istrin. I don't think it's relevant but I assume it must have been a name used by that demographic in that time period....

The only Tanchum I know is Tanchum Torah from the book “Goodnight My Friend Aleph”. Very Happy

. It’s definitely unique!

amother

Cerise

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 10:59 pm

Scotty wrote:

I'm related to him!

amother

Lime

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 11:19 pm

I know a man named and called tanchum

Moonlight

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 11:21 pm

Never heard of that name

essie14

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 11:42 pm

I know a few people with this name.
Usually called tani.

amother

Amber

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 11:56 pm

Grammatically- Tanchum means consolation, Menachem means one who gives consolation, and Nachum is one who is or has been consoled. Nachum is a name in Tanach. The others are nouns that have been made into names.

I think they are all lovely names.

amother

Silver

Wed, Aug 25 2021, 12:01 am

I know a little boy called Tanchum

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Whitewash

Wed, Aug 25 2021, 12:03 am

I also know a person named Tanchum and called Tani by the family - he’s a rabbi and goes by his full name as an adult, until I saw this thread I had thought it was a unique nickname to this family. There is a Rabbi Tanchum in the Gemara.

amother

Indigo

Wed, Aug 25 2021, 12:04 am

Also know a little boy tanchum, no nickname, really cute. Beautiful and meaningful name

salt

Wed, Aug 25 2021, 2:05 am

I only heard of the name Tanchum from the Israeli kids ' Chaim Walder series
חבורת תרי"ג.

I'm amazed there are other Tanchums.

amother

Mintcream

Wed, Aug 25 2021, 2:12 am

Never heard of it. MO Israeli.