Perhaps it is based on נֶחָמָה (nechamah): comfort.
Psa. 119,50 This is my comfort in my distress,
that your promise gives me life.
Job 6,10 This would be my consolation;
I would even exult in unrelenting pain;
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
The name of the prophet Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָה), 'God' has comforted, is based on this root.
Perhaps a shortened form of 'he has comforted us' nachamanu.
Psa. 119,50 This is my comfort in my distress,
that your promise gives me life.
Job 6,10 This would be my consolation;
I would even exult in unrelenting pain;
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
The name of the prophet Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָה), 'God' has comforted, is based on this root.
Perhaps a shortened form of 'he has comforted us' nachamanu.