נָעִים
nâʻîym · naw-eem'
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5276 (נָעֵם);
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pleasant(-ure), sweet.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to see and know › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָעִים above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and pleasant2 · 15%
- for it is pleasant2 · 15%
- and the sweet1 · 8%
- in pleasures1 · 8%
- unto me in pleasant1 · 8%
- there are pleasures1 · 8%
- the pleasant1 · 8%
- and how pleasant1 · 8%
- for it is a pleasant thing1 · 8%
- thy sweet1 · 8%
- yea, pleasant1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.