Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5276 - נָעֵם naem (to be pleasant)

Original Word:	נָעֵם
Transliteration:	naem
Definition:	to be pleasant, delightful, or lovely
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(naw-ame')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet

A primitive root; to be agreeable (literally or figuratively) -- pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.

Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1384

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [נָעֵם] verbbe pleasant, delightful, lovely (Phoenician נעםgood Lzb³²⁴ (and many proper names); Arabic

be plentiful, easy, pleasant;

shew gracious favour toward, often in Qoran; Sabean נעםbe 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 (נעמתיmy darling [or my songs, compare II. ׳נ]); ᵑ7נָעִיםpleasant, lovely, נְעִימְתָּאloveliness; Prä^{Bas i. 46 f.} compare Ethiopic

be pleasant,=

); —

QalPerfect3feminine singular נָעֵ֑מָהGenesis 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2 masculine singular (of delightful friend) נָעַמְתָּ לִי מְאֹד2 Samuel 1:26, also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּEzekiel 32:19; 2feminine singular (id.) מַהנָּֿעַמְתְּ Cant 7:7 how lovely art thou ! ("" מַהיָּֿפִית); 3 plural, of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּPsalm 141:6; Imperfect3masculine singular ׃יִנְעָ֑ם׳לְנַפְשְׁךָ יִנProverbs 2:10 (of knowledge); ׳לֶחֶם סְתָרִים יִנProverbs 9:17 ("" יִמְתָּ֑קוּ); ׳יִנProverbs 24:25 is impersonal with ל, to them...shall be delight.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5276. נָעֵם (naem) — 8 Occurrences

Genesis 49:15
HEB:הָאָ֖רֶץ כִּ֣י נָעֵ֑מָה וַיֵּ֤ט שִׁכְמוֹ֙
NAS: And that the land was pleasant, He bowed
KJV: and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed
INT: the land for was pleasant bowed his shoulder

2 Samuel 1:26
HEB:אָחִי֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן נָעַ֥מְתָּ לִּ֖י מְאֹ֑ד
NAS: You have been very pleasant to me. Your love
KJV: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love
INT: my brother Jonathan pleasant have been very wonderful

Psalm 141:6
HEB:אֲ֝מָרַ֗י כִּ֣י נָעֵֽמוּ׃
NAS: my words, for they are pleasant.
KJV: my words; for they are sweet.
INT: my words for are pleasant

Proverbs 2:10
HEB:וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃
NAS: And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
KJV: and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
INT: and knowledge to your soul will be pleasant

Proverbs 9:17
HEB:וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם׃
NAS: [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
KJV: [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
INT: and bread secret is pleasant

Proverbs 24:25
HEB: וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַֽ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם תָּב֥וֹא
NAS: But to those who rebuke the [wicked] will be delight, And a good
KJV: But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good
INT: rebuke the will be delight and will come

Songs 7:6
HEB:יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־ נָּעַ֔מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֖ה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃
NAS: and how delightful you are, [My] love,
KJV: How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love,
INT: beautiful and how delightful are love with your charms

Ezekiel 32:19
HEB: מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה
NAS: Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down
KJV:Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down,
INT: Whom surpass down and make

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