נֹחַ ², (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 בני נ׳ the gentiles have been commanded seven laws, namely, concerning justice, idolatry &c.; Snh. 56ᵃ; a. e.—Ib. 56ᵇ כל האמור … בן נח וכ׳ the gentile stands forewarned concerning all that is said in the section on sorcery (Deut. XVIII, 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 &c. 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.