--- title: נְאֻם — utterance · The Tanakh dictionary description: נְאֻם (5002), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 376 times: utterance. BDB 1906: n.m. utterance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5002.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נְאֻם‎ # נְאֻם «נְאֻם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **utterance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 376 times · **Key:** 5002 · **BDB:** נְאֻם ### Glosses the.utterance (374); \[the\].utterance (1); an.utterance (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5002/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5002/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. utterance (BaNB 82 e KöLgb ii. 501 \> older expl. as Pt. pass.);—נ׳ always thus, as cstr.:— utterance, declaration, revelation, of prophet in ecstatic state נ׳ בלעם Nu 24:3, 15; נ׳ שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵי אֵל v 4, 16; נ׳ הַגֶּבֶר v 3, 15 2 S 23:1 Pr 30:1; נ׳ דוד 2 S 23:1; נ׳ פֶּשַׁע ψ 36:2 (transgression personified, speaking with proph. voice בְּקֶרֶב לִבּוֹ); elsewhere always before divine names (except Je 23:31 see vb.): נ׳ יהוה utterance, declaration of י׳ (prophet citing divine word given through him), Gn 22:16 (J), Nu 14:28 (P), 2 K 9:26(×2); 19:33 = Is 37:34, 2 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 34:27, Is 14:22; 30:1; 31:9 Ez 13:6, 7; 16:58; 37:14 Ho 2:15, 18, 23; 11:11 Jo 2:12 Ob 4; 8 Mi 4:6; 5:9 Zp 1:2, 3, 10; 3:8 Zc 8:17; 10:12; 11:6; 12:1, 4; 13:8 Mal 1:2 + Is 2 12 times, Je 162 times, Am 14 times, Hg 5 times, Zc 1 (1–8) 6 times; sq. אלהי ישׂראל 1 S 2:30 Is 17:6; י׳ אֱלֹהֵי (הַ)צְבָאוֹת Am 6:8, 14; נ׳ י׳ צְבָאוֹת Is 14:22, 23; 17:3; 22:25 Je 8:3; 25:29; 30:8; 49:26 Na 2:14; 3:5 Zc 13:2, 7 + Hg 5 times, Zc 1 (1–8) 7 times; sq. אלהי ישׂראל Zp 2:9; האדון י׳ צ׳ Is 1:24; 19:4; אֲדֹנָי י׳ אֶלֹהֵי הַצּ׳ Am 3:13; אדני י׳ צ׳ Is 3:15 Je 49:5; הַמֶּלֶךְ י׳ צ׳ 46:18; 48:15; 51:57; נ׳ אדני יהוה Is 56:8 Je 2:22 Am 4:5; 8:3, 9, 11 + Ez 82 times נְאֻם begins sentence only Is 56:8 ψ 110:1; often in middle Is 49:18 Am 3:10 +; most frequently at end Is 54:17 Am 2:11; 4:3 +; found in all proph. except Hab., Jon.; not in H D of Hex, Chr (except ‖ Kings), Dan., Job or the five Megilloth. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 78 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נְאֻם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5002/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Jeremiah 48:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.25/) נִגְדְּעָה֙ קֶ֣רֶן מוֹאָ֔ב וּזְרֹע֖וֹ נִשְׁבָּ֑רָה נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* it.will.be.cut.off the.horn of.Moab and arm its it.will.be.broken the.utterance of.Yahweh *JPS 1917:* The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. [Jeremiah 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.12/) שֹׁ֥מּוּ שָׁמַ֖יִם עַל־זֹ֑את וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ חָרְב֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* be.appalled O.heaven on this and shudder be.desolate exceedingly the.utterance of.Yahweh *JPS 1917:* Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. - ← previous: [נָאַם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5001.md) - next →: [נָאַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5003.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)