Lexicon :: Strong's H5276 - nāʿēm

נָעֵם
Transliteration
nāʿēm
Pronunciation
naw-ame'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1384

Strong’s Definitions

נָעֵם nâʻêm, naw-ame'; a primitive root; to be agreeable (literally or figuratively):—pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5276 in the following manner: pleasant (5x), sweet (1x), beauty (1x), delight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5276 in the following manner: pleasant (5x), sweet (1x), beauty (1x), delight (1x).
  1. (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָעֵם nâʻêm, naw-ame'; a primitive root; to be agreeable (literally or figuratively):—pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
STRONGS H5276: Abbreviations
† 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-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]); נָעִים pleasant, lovely, נְעִימְתָּא loveliness; PräBas i. 46 f. compare Ethiopic be pleasant, = ); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נָעֵ֑מָה Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2nd person masculine singular (of delightful friend) נָעַמְתָּ לִי מְאֹד 2 Samuel 1:26, also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ Ezekiel 32:19; 2nd person feminine singular (id.) מַהנָּֿעַמְתְּ Cant 7:7 how lovely art thou ! (|| מַהיָּֿפִית); 3 plural, of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּ Psalm 141:6; Imperfect 3rd person 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:15

2 Samuel

1:26

Psalms

141:6

Proverbs

2:10; 9:17; 24:25

Song of Songs

7:7

Ezekiel

32:19