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Strong's #5276 - נָעֵם

Transliteration

nâʻêm

Phonetics

naw-ame'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

1384

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2909 ‑ κρείττων (krite'‑tohn); 957 ‑ βελτίων (bel‑tee'‑on); 2234 ‑ ἡδέως (hay‑deh'‑oce); 2570 ‑ καλός (kal‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

NAS (9)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 2

HCS (8)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (8)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (7)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ezekiel 1

WEB (8)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ezekiel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2416) m o n (נאהמ NAhM) AC: ? CO: Sweet AB: ?

V) m o n (נאהמ NAhM) - Sweet: To be sweet. KJV (8): (vf: Paal) pleasant, sweet, beauty, delight - Strongs: H5276 (נָעֵם)

a^m) m o n m (מנאהמ MNAhM) - Delicacy: What is sweet. KJV (1): beauty, pleasant, pleasantness - Strongs: H4516 (מַנְעַמִּים)

b^m) m i o n (נאהימ NAhYM) - Sweet: KJV (13): pleasant, pleasures, sweet - Strongs: H5273 (נָעִים)

m^m) n m o n (נאהמנ NAhMN) - Sweet: KJV (1): pleasant - Strongs: H5282 (נַעֲמָנִים)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [נָעֵם] verb be pleasant, delightful, lovely (Phoenician נעם good Lzb³²⁴ (and many proper names); Arabic

be plentiful, easy, pleasant;

shew gracious favour toward, often in Qoran; Sabean נעם be lovely, agreeable, well Levy-Os^{ZMG xix (1865), 178} CIS^{iv. 19,11}; so Minaean Hom^{Südar. Chrest. 128}; Old Aramaic in proper name Lzb^222,324 Cook⁸² (נעמתי my darling [or my songs, compare II. ׳נ]); ᵑ7נָעִים pleasant, lovely, נְעִימְתָּא loveliness; Prä^{Bas i. 46f.} compare Ethiopic

be pleasant, =

); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular נָעֵ֑מָה Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2 masculine singular (of delightful friend) נָעַמְתָּ לִי מְאֹד 2 Samuel 1:26, also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ Ezekiel 32:19; 2 feminine singular ( id.) מַהנָּֿעַמְתְּ Song of Solomon 7:7 how lovely art thou ! ("" מַהיָּֿפִית); 3 plural, of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּ Psalm 141:6; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ׃יִנְעָ֑ם׳לְנַפְשְׁךָ יִנ Proverbs 2:10 (of knowledge); ׳לֶחֶם סְתָרִים יִנ Proverbs 9:17 ("" יִמְתָּ֑קוּ); ׳יִנ Proverbs 24:25 is impersonal with ל, to them...shall be delight.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָעֵם fut. יִנְעַם to be pleasant, lovely, used of one beloved, Song of Solomon 7:7 a friend, 2 Samuel 1:26 to be pleasant, used of a country, Genesis 49:15 impers. Proverbs 24:25, לַמּוֹכִיחִים יִנְעָֽם “to those who punish (i.e. judges), there shall be delight,” i.e. it shall be well with them; comp. יִיטַב לִי, טוֹב לִי it is well with me. (Arab. نَعِمَ and نَعُمَ i.q. Hebr., نَعَمَ to delight in any thing.)

Derivatives, the seven following nouns, and נָעִים, מַנְעַמִּים.

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List of Word Forms

יִנְעָ֑ם יִנְעָֽם׃ ינעם ינעם׃ נָּעַ֔מְתְּ נָעֵ֑מָה נָעֵֽמוּ׃ נָעַ֥מְתָּ נָעָ֑מְתָּ נעמה נעמו׃ נעמת nā‘āmətā nā‘amt nā‘amtā nā‘êmāh nā‘êmū nā·‘ā·mə·tā nā·‘am·tā nā·‘amt nā·‘ê·māh nā·‘ê·mū naAmeta naAmt naAmta naEmah naEmu yin‘ām yin·‘ām yinAm