NUN (1)

noon ("n"): The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "n". It came also to be used for the number 50.

See ALPHABET, for name, etc.

NUN (2)

nun (nun "fish," derivative meaning "fecundity"): Father of Joshua (referred to thus 29 t) (Exodus 33:11 Numbers 11:28, etc.; 1 Chronicles 7:27, margin "Non"; Sirach 46:1, margin "Nave").