Word Study · Strong's H5162 · Hebrew
נָחַם
nacham
naw-kham'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nâcham
“properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Rendered in the KJV as
comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
- 108occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 21 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 90inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 108 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 90
- וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם5
- מְנַחֵ֖ם3
- נִחַ֥ם3
- וַיְנַחֵ֣ם2
- וְנִחַ֖ם2
- וְנִחָ֖ם2
- וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙2
- לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ2
- לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃2
- מְנַחֵם֙2
- נִחַ֤ם2
- נִחַ֖מְתִּי2
and 78 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 77
- a comforter7
- to comfort him6
- and he relented5
- comforters3
- to be comforted3
- and he comforted2
- and he was comforted2
- and he will relent2
- and I will relent2
- comfort2
- he had compassion2
- he has comforted2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 54
- Hc/VNw3ms9
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular6
- Hc/VNq1cs4
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- Hc/VNq3ms3
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular3
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/VNw3ms · 9
- HVprmsa · 7
- HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms · 6
- HVNp1cs · 6
- Hc/VNq1cs · 4
- HVNi3ms · 4
- HVNp3ms · 4
- HVpp3ms · 4
- Hc/VNq3ms · 3
- HVNi1cs · 3
- HVNrmsa · 3
- HVprmpa · 3
All 108, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah17 of 108 · 16%
- Jeremiah14 of 108 · 13%
- Psalms12 of 108 · 11%
- Genesis9 of 108 · 8%
- Job7 of 108 · 6%
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Genesis9 occurrences
- Genesis 5:29יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּyenachamenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralAnd he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”here: he will comfort us
- Genesis 6:6וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msAnd the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.here: and he regretted
- Genesis 6:7נִחַ֖מְתִּיnichamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularSo the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”here: I regret
- Genesis 24:67וַיִּנָּחֵ֥םvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msAnd Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.here: and he was comforted
- Genesis 27:42מִתְנַחֵ֥םmitnachemverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.here: [is] comforting himself
- Genesis 37:35לְנַחֲמ֗וֹlenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAll his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.here: to comfort him
- Genesis 37:35לְהִתְנַחֵ֔םlehitnachempreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.here: to be comforted
- Genesis 38:12וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msAfter a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.here: and he was comforted
- Genesis 50:21וַיְנַחֵ֣םvaynachemHc/Vpw3msTherefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.here: and he comforted
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 13:17יִנָּחֵ֥םyinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”here: it should regret
- Exodus 32:12וְהִנָּחֵ֥םvehinachemconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singularWhy should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.here: and relent
- Exodus 32:14וַיִּנָּ֖חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msSo the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.here: and he relented
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 2:18יִנָּחֵ֤םyinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.here: he had compassion
- Judges 21:6וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙vaiyinachamuHc/VNw3mpAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.here: and they had compassion
- Judges 21:15נִחָ֖םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.here: it had compassion
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:11נִחַ֗מְתִּיnichamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.here: I regret
- 1 Samuel 15:29יִנָּחֵ֑םyinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularMoreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”here: he will regret
- 1 Samuel 15:29לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃lehinachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”here: to regret
- 1 Samuel 15:35נִחָ֔םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.here: he regretted
2 Samuel5 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 10:2לְנַחֲמ֛וֹlenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,here: to comfort him
- 2 Samuel 10:3מְנַֽחֲמִ֑יםmenachamimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”here: comforters
- 2 Samuel 12:24וַיְנַחֵ֣םvaynachemHc/Vpw3msThen David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the childhere: and he comforted
- 2 Samuel 13:39נִחַ֥םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.here: he was comforted
- 2 Samuel 24:16וַיִּנָּ֤חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msBut when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.here: and he relented
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 7:22לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃lenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTheir father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.here: to comfort him
- 1 Chronicles 19:2לְנַחֲמ֣וֹlenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,here: to comfort him
- 1 Chronicles 19:2לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃lenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,here: to comfort him
- 1 Chronicles 19:3מְנַחֲמִ֑יםmenachamimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”here: comforters
- 1 Chronicles 21:15וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msThen God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.here: and he relented
Job7 occurrences
- Job 2:11וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ulenachamoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.here: and to comfort him
- Job 7:13תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיtenachameniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhen I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,here: it will comfort me
- Job 16:2מְנַחֲמֵ֖יmenachameiverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.here: [are] comforters of
- Job 21:34תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִיtenachamuniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”here: will you comfort me
- Job 29:25יְנַחֵֽם׃yenachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularI chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.here: someone comforts
- Job 42:6וְנִחַ֑מְתִּיvenichamtiHc/VNq1csTherefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”here: and I repent
- Job 42:11וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּvaynachamuHc/Vpw3mpAll his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.here: and they comforted
Psalms12 occurrences
- Psalms 23:4יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃yenachamuniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.here: they comfort me
- Psalms 69:20וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםvelamnachamimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralInsults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.here: and for the comforters
- Psalms 71:21תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃tenachameniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou will increase my honor and comfort me once again.here: may you comfort me
- Psalms 77:2הִנָּחֵ֣םhinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.here: to be comforted
- Psalms 86:17וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃venichamtaniconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularShow me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.here: and you have comforted me
- Psalms 90:13וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗םvehinachemconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singularReturn, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.here: and have compassion
- Psalms 106:45וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗םvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msAnd He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.here: and he relented
- Psalms 110:4יִנָּחֵ֗םyinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”here: he will repent
- Psalms 119:52וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽם׃vaetnechamHc/Vtw1csI remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.here: and I have comforted myself
- Psalms 119:76לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִיlenachamenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMay Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.here: to comfort me
- Psalms 119:82תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃tenachameniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”here: will you comfort me
- Psalms 135:14יִתְנֶחָֽם׃yitnechamverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.here: he has compassion
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 4:1מְנַחֵ֔םmenachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAgain I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.here: a comforter
- Ecclesiastes 4:1מְנַחֵֽם׃menachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAgain I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.here: a comforter
Isaiah17 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:24אֶנָּחֵ֣םʾenachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularTherefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.here: I will ease myself
- Isaiah 12:1וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃utenachameniHC/Vpu2ms/Sp1bsIn that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.here: and may you comfort me
- Isaiah 22:4לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיlenachamenipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularTherefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”here: to comfort me
- Isaiah 40:1נַחֲמ֥וּnachamuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.here: comfort
- Isaiah 40:1נַחֲמ֖וּnachamuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.here: comfort
- Isaiah 49:13נִחַ֤םnichamverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularShout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.here: he has comforted
- Isaiah 51:3נִחַ֨םnichamverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.here: he will comfort
- Isaiah 51:3נִחַם֙nichamverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.here: he will comfort
- Isaiah 51:12מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑םmenachemkhemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?here: [who] comforts you
- Isaiah 51:19אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃ʾanachamekhverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThese pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?here: do I comfort you
- Isaiah 52:9נִחַ֤םnichamverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBreak forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.here: he has comforted
- Isaiah 54:11נֻחָ֑מָהnuchamahverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.here: it has been comforted
- Isaiah 57:6אֶנָּחֵֽם׃ʾenachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularYour portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?here: will I relent
- Isaiah 61:2לְנַחֵ֖םlenachempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,here: to comfort
- Isaiah 66:13תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּtenachamenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”here: she comforts him
- Isaiah 66:13אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔םʾanachemkhemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAs a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”here: I will comfort you
- Isaiah 66:13תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃tenuchamuverb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralAs a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”here: you will be comforted
Jeremiah14 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:28נִחַ֖מְתִּיnichamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularTherefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”here: I have repented
- Jeremiah 8:6נִחָם֙nichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.here: [who] relents
- Jeremiah 15:6הִנָּחֵֽם׃hinachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.here: to relent
- Jeremiah 16:7לְנַחֲמ֣וֹlenachamopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNo food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.here: to comfort him
- Jeremiah 18:8וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙venichamtiHc/VNq1csBut if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.here: and I will relent
- Jeremiah 18:10וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙venichamtiHc/VNq1csand if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.here: and I will relent
- Jeremiah 20:16נִחָ֑םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMay that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,here: he had compassion
- Jeremiah 26:3וְנִחַמְתִּ֣יvenichamtiHc/VNq1csPerhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.here: and I will repent
- Jeremiah 26:13וְיִנָּחֵ֣םveyinachemHC/VNu3msSo now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.here: so he may repent
- Jeremiah 26:19וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msDid Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”here: and he repented
- Jeremiah 31:13וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔יםvenichamtimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mpThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.here: and I will comfort them
- Jeremiah 31:15לְהִנָּחֵ֥םlehinachempreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”here: to be comforted
- Jeremiah 31:19נִחַ֔מְתִּיnichamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularAfter I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’here: I repented
- Jeremiah 42:10נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙nichamtiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.here: I am grieved
Lamentations6 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:2מְנַחֵ֖םmenachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularShe weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.here: a comforter
- Lamentations 1:9מְנַחֵ֖םmenachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHer uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!here: a comforter
- Lamentations 1:16מְנַחֵ֖םmenachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.here: a comforter
- Lamentations 1:17מְנַחֵם֙menachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularZion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.here: a comforter
- Lamentations 1:21מְנַחֵם֙menachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularPeople have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.here: a comforter
- Lamentations 2:13וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְvaanachamekhHC/Vpu1cs/Sp2fsWhat can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?here: so I may comfort you
Ezekiel7 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:13וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתִּיvehinechametiHc/Vtq1csAnd when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.here: and I will gain relief
- Ezekiel 14:22וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗םvenichamtemHc/VNq2mpYet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.here: and you will be comforted
- Ezekiel 14:23וְנִחֲמ֣וּvenichamuHc/Vpq3cpThey will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”here: and they will comfort
- Ezekiel 16:54בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְbenachamekhpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.here: when comfort you
- Ezekiel 24:14אֶנָּחֵ֑םʾenachemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”here: I will have pity
- Ezekiel 31:16וַיִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּvaiyinachamuHc/VNw3mpI made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.here: and they were comforted
- Ezekiel 32:31וְנִחַ֖םvenichamHc/VNq3msPharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude— Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.here: and he will be comforted
Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 2:13וְנִחָ֖םvenichamconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.here: and relenting
- Joel 2:14וְנִחָ֑םvenichamHc/VNq3msWho knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.here: and he will relent
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 7:3נִחַ֥םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.here: he relented
- Amos 7:6נִחַ֥םnichamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.here: he relented
Jonah3 occurrences
- Jonah 3:9וְנִחַ֖םvenichamHc/VNq3msWho knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”here: and he will relent
- Jonah 3:10וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvaiyinachemHc/VNw3msWhen God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.here: and he relented
- Jonah 4:2וְנִחָ֖םvenichamconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.here: and [who] relents
Zechariah3 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:17וְנִחַ֨םvenichamHc/Vpq3msProclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”here: and he will comfort
- Zechariah 8:14נִחָֽמְתִּי׃nichametiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,here: I relented
- Zechariah 10:2יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּןyenachemunverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunFor idols speak deceitand diviners see illusions;they tell false dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep,oppressed for lack of a shepherd.here: they comfort !