1. utterance, declaration, revelation, of prophet in ecstatic state בלעם ׳ נ Num 24:3; Num 24:15 שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵי אֵל ׳ נ Num 24:4 Num 24:6 הַגֶּבֶר ׳ נ Num 24:3 Num 24:15; 2Sam 23:1; Prov 30:1 דוד ׳ נ 2Sam 23:1 פֶּשַׁע ׳ נ Ps 36:2 (transgression personified, speaking with prophetic voice בְּקֶרֶב לִבּוֺ); elsewhere always

2. before divine names (except Jer 23:31 see verb): יהוה ׳ נ utterance, declaration of ׳ י (prophet citing divine word given through him), Gen 22:16 ( J ), Num 14:28 ( P ), 2Kgs 9:26 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 19:33 = Isa 37:34; 2Kgs 22:19 = 2Chr 34:27; Isa 14:22; Isa 30:1; Isa 31:9; Ezek 13:6; Ezek 13:7; Ezek 16:58; Ezek 37:14; Hos 2:15; Hos 2:18; Hos 2:23; Hos 11:11; Mic 5:9; Zeph 1:2; Zeph 1:3; Zeph 1:10; Zeph 3:8; Zech 8:17; Zech 10:12; Zech 11:6; Zech 12:1; Zech 12:4; Zech 13:8; Mal 1:2 + Isa² 12 t.; Jeremiah 162 t.; Amos 14 t.; Haggai 5 t.; Zech¹ ( Zech 1:1-8:200) 6 t.; followed by אלהי ישׂראל 1Sam 2:30; Isa 17:6 אֱלֹהֵי ׳ י (הַ)צְבָאוֺת Amos 6:8; Amos 6:14 צְבָאוֺת ׳ י ׳ נ Isa 14:22; Isa 14:23; Isa 17:3; Isa 22:25; Jer 8:3; Jer 25:29; Jer 30:8; Jer 49:26; Nah 2:14; Nah 3:5; + Haggai 5 t.; Zech¹ (Zech 1:1-8:200) 7 t.; followed by אלהי ישׂראל Zeph 2:9 ׳ צ ׳ האדון י Isa 1:24; Isa 19:4 ׳ אֶלֹהֵי הַצּ ׳ אֲדֹנָי י Amos 3:13 ׳ צ ׳ אדני י Isa 3:15; Jer 49:5 ׳ צ ׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ י Jer 46:18; Jer 48:15; Jer 57:57 אדני יהוה ׳ נ Isa 56:8; Jer 2:22; Amos 4:5; Amos 8:3; Amos 8:9; Amos 8:11 + Ezekiel 82 t. נְאֻם begins sentence only Isa 56:8; Ps 110:1 often in middle Isa 49:18; Amos 3:10 +; most frequently at end Isa 54:17; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:3 +; found in all prophets except Habakkuk, Jonah; not in H D of Hexateuch, Chronicles (except || Kings), Daniel, Job or the five Megilloth.