Nahom is an old world location mentioned in the Book of Mormon, which appears to have been in southwestern Arabia. It may correspond to either the Hebrew root n-h-m, meaning "to groan" or "to mourn", or n-ḥ-m, associated with the concepts, "comfort", "consolation", "repentance", "regret", and "mourning". In Arabic, the root, n-ḥ-m, means "to sigh or moan". Either root is quite appropriate for the circumstances in which this location is mentioned.