Strong's Lexicon

H5276

H5276 — נָעֵם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewna`emverb-stemOccurrences: 8TWOT: 1384

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5276
Word:נָעֵם
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:na`em
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-ame'
Meaning:1. to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5256

I. [נָעֵם] verb be pleasant, delightful, lovely (Phoenician נעם good Lzb324 (and many proper names); Arabic [untranscribed source text 3357] be plentiful, easy, pleasant; [untranscribed source text 3358] shew gracious favour toward, often in Qoran; Sabean נעם be lovely, agreeable, well Levy-OsZMG xix (1865), 178 CISiv. 19, 11; so Minaean HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Old Aramaic in proper name Lzb222, 324 Cook82 (נעמתי my darling [or my songs, compare II. ׳ נ]); ᵑ7 נָעִים pleasant, lovely, נְעִימְתָּא loveliness; PräBas i. 46 f. compare Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3359] be pleasant, = [untranscribed source text 3360]); —

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


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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