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Strong's Lexicon naem: To be pleasant, delightful, lovely Original Word: נָעֵם Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: na`em Pronunciation: nah-EM Phonetic Spelling: (naw-ame') Definition: To be pleasant, delightful, lovely Meaning: to be agreeable Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2106 (εὐδοκέω, eudokeō): To be well pleased, to think it good - G701 (ἄρεστος, arestos): Pleasing, agreeable Usage: The Hebrew verb "naem" conveys the sense of being pleasant or delightful. It is often used to describe something that is pleasing to the senses or agreeable in nature. In the context of the Bible, it can refer to the pleasantness of speech, the beauty of music, or the delightfulness of God's presence. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of pleasantness was highly valued, often associated with the blessings of God. The Israelites saw beauty and delight as reflections of God's goodness and favor. The pleasantness of the land, the sweetness of speech, and the beauty of worship were all seen as gifts from God, enhancing communal and spiritual life. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be pleasant, delightful, or lovely NASB Translation delight (1), delightful (1), pleasant (5), surpass in beauty (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs 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]); ᵑ7 נָעִים pleasant, lovely, נְעִימְתָּא loveliness; PräBas i. 46 f. compare Ethiopic be pleasant, = ); — Qal Perfect3feminine singular נָעֵ֑מָה Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2 masculine singular (of delightful friend) נָעַמְתָּ לִי מְאֹד 2 Samuel 1:26, also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ Ezekiel 32:19; 2feminine singular (id.) מַהנָּֿעַמְתְּ Cant 7:7 how lovely art thou ! ("" מַהיָּֿפִית); 3 plural, of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּ Psalm 141:6; Imperfect3masculine 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. 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. Forms and Transliterations יִנְעָ֑ם יִנְעָֽם׃ ינעם ינעם׃ נָּעַ֔מְתְּ נָעֵ֑מָה נָעֵֽמוּ׃ נָעַ֥מְתָּ נָעָ֑מְתָּ נעמה נעמו׃ נעמת nā‘āmətā nā‘amt nā‘amtā nā‘êmāh nā‘êmū nā·‘ā·mə·tā nā·‘am·tā nā·‘amt nā·‘ê·māh nā·‘ê·mū naAmeta naAmt naAmta naEmah naEmu yin‘ām yin·‘ām yinAm Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 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 8 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 5276 8 Occurrences nā·‘ā·mə·tā — 1 Occ. nā·‘amt — 1 Occ. nā·‘am·tā — 1 Occ. nā·‘ê·māh — 1 Occ. nā·‘ê·mū — 1 Occ. yin·‘ām — 3 Occ.