נָעֵם
nâʻêm · naw-ame'
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be 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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָעֵם 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is pleasant2 · 25%
- that it was pleasant1 · 13%
- pleasant1 · 13%
- for they are sweet1 · 13%
- him shall be delight1 · 13%
- and how pleasant1 · 13%
- whom dost thou pass in beauty1 · 13%
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.