Nembrot

From Nimrod, with final devoicing, and development of an epenthetic -b-.

• IPA^(key): /nemˈbrɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Hyphenation: Nem‧bròt

Nembrot m

1. Alternative form of Nimrod
   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991, section 2:

     Questo Nembrot fu figliuolo di Cus che fu figliuolo di Can il secondo figliuolo di Noè. E per lo suo orgoglio e forza si credette contrastare a·dDio, dicendo che Idio era signore del cielo, e egli della terra.

     This Nimrod was the son of Cush, who was the son of Ham, the second child of Noah. And, because of his own pride and strength, he believed he could challenge God, saying that God was lord of the sky, and he himself of the land.