Menahem or Menachem (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם, Modern: Menaẖem, Tiberian: Mənaḥēm, from a Hebrew word meaning "the consoler" or "comforter"; Akkadian: 𒈪𒉌𒄭𒅎𒈨, romanized: Meniḫimm; Greek: Manaem in the Septuagint, Manaen in Aquila; Latin: Manahem; full name: Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּן-גדי‎, Menahem son of Gadi) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem. Some have speculated that Gadi was a scion of the tribe of Gad.[citation needed]