Hebrew verb · H5276
נָעֵם
naemnaw-ame'
be pleasant
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâʻêm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5276is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5276
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
naem is rendered "be pleasant". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:15He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Genesis 49:15נָעֵ֑מָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will be pleasant2
- are you lovely1
- it is delightful1
- it was pleasant1
- they are pleasant1
- you are lovely1
- you were pleasant1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִנְעָֽם׃2
- יִנְעָ֑ם1
- נָעֵ֑מָה1
- נָעֵֽמוּ׃1
- נָעַ֥מְתָּ1
- נָעָ֑מְתָּ1
- נָּעַ֔מְתְּ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
Genesis
one use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- נָעֵ֑מָהnaemahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was pleasant
2 Samuel
one use
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- נָעַ֥מְתָּnaamtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you were pleasant
Psalms
one use
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
- נָעֵֽמוּ׃naemuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are pleasant
Proverbs
three uses
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
- יִנְעָֽם׃yinamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be pleasant
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
- יִנְעָֽם׃yinamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is delightful
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
- יִנְעָ֑םyinamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be pleasant
Song of Solomon
one use
How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
- נָּעַ֔מְתְּnaamtverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you are lovely
Ezekiel
one use
Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
- נָעָ֑מְתָּnaametaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: are you lovely
The letters
Gematria 160· 720 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.