Word Study · Strong's H5141 · Hebrew
נֶזֶם
nezem
neh'-zem
“a nose-ring”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a nose-ring
Rendered in the KJV as
earring, jewel.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- נֶ֣זֶם4
- נֶ֥זֶם2
- נִזְמֵ֤י2
- הַנֶּ֗זֶם1
- הַנֶּ֙זֶם֙1
- הַנְּזָמִ֖ים1
- וָנֶ֜זֶם1
- וְנִזְמֵ֥י1
- נֶ֙זֶם֙1
- נִזְמָהּ֙1
- נִזְמֵ֣י1
- נִזְמֵ֥י1
How it is rendered · 12
- a ring of3
- [the] rings of2
- the earring of2
- the ring2
- [the] earrings of1
- a ring1
- an earring of1
- and [the] rings of1
- and earring[s]1
- earrings of1
- ring[s] her1
- the rings1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 6
- HNcmpc · 4
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 24:22נֶ֣זֶםnezemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.here: a ring of
- Genesis 24:30הַנֶּ֗זֶםhanezemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.here: the ring
- Genesis 24:47הַנֶּ֙זֶם֙hanezemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.here: the ring
- Genesis 35:4הַנְּזָמִ֖יםhanezamimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.here: the rings
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 32:2נִזְמֵ֣יnizmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”here: [the] rings of
- Exodus 32:3נִזְמֵ֥יnizmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.here: [the] rings of
- Exodus 35:22וָנֶ֜זֶםvanezemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.here: and earring[s]
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 8:24נֶ֣זֶםnezemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)here: the earring of
- Judges 8:24נִזְמֵ֤יnizmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)here: earrings of
- Judges 8:25נֶ֥זֶםnezemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.here: the earring of
- Judges 8:26נִזְמֵ֤יnizmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.here: [the] earrings of
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 11:22נֶ֣זֶםnezemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.here: a ring of
- Proverbs 25:12נֶ֣זֶםnezemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.here: an earring of