נֹחַ

נֹחַ(b. h.) pr. n. m. Noah. Ab. V, 2. Snh.108b; a. fr.בֶּן נֹחַ, pl. בְּנֵי נֹחַ Noahide, the human race; מצוות ב׳ נ׳ laws obligatory upon all mankind, contrad. to such as bind Israelites alone, universal laws. Tosef.Ab. Zar. VIII (IX), 4 על … נצטוו בנו נ׳ the gentiles have been commanded seven laws, namely, concerning justice, idolatry ; Snh.56a; a. e.Ib.b כל האמור … בן נחוכ׳ the gentile stands forewarned concerning all that is said in the section on sorcery (Deut. 18:10–12); Tosef. l. c. 6. Snh.59a כל מצוה שנאמרה לב׳ נ׳וכ׳ whatever law has been published for the Noahides (prior to the Sinaitic legislation) and repeated at Sinai Tosef. l. c. 8. Ab. Zar.64b כל שקיבל … ב׳ נ׳ (a gentile entitled to citizenship in Palestine) is he who obligates himself to observe the seven Noachidic laws, v. גֵּר; a. v. fr.