page_title: Menahem
hierarchical_section_title: Menahem
caption_attribution_description: English: Menahem
context_page_description: Menahem or Menachem was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Some have speculated that Gadi was a scion of the tribe of Gad.
context_section_description: Menahem or Menachem (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם, Modern: Menaẖem, Tiberian: Mənaḥēm, from a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Akkadian: 𒈪𒉌𒄭𒅎𒈨, romanized: Meniḫimm; Greek: Manaem in the Septuagint,  Manaen in Aquila; Latin: Manahem; full name: Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּן-גדי‎, Menahem son of Gadi) was the sixteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Some have speculated that Gadi was a scion of the tribe of Gad.
caption: Menahem from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
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