--- title: נָחַם — be sorry · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָחַם (5162), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 108 times: be sorry. BDB 1906: vb. Niph. be sorry, console oneself Ni. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5162/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. Niph. be sorry, console oneself, etc. (only in der. species) (NH Pi. comfort; Ph.in n.pr.Lzb322; 𝔗 Pa. = NH, and deriv.; Chr. Pal. Aramaic Pa. id., SchwallyIdiot. 54; Arabic نَحَمَ breathe pantingly (of horse));— Pf. נִחַם Am 7:3 + 4 times; נִחָ֑ם Je 20:16 + 2 times; 1 s. נִחַמְתִּי Gn 6:7 + 8 times; נִחָ֑מְתִּי Zc 8:14; 2 mpl. נִחַמְתֶּם Ez 14:22; Impf. יִנָּחֵם Ex 13:17 + 6 times; וַיִּנָּ֫חֶם Gn 6:6 + 6 times; + 5 times Impf.; Imv. הִנָּחֵם Ex 32:12 ψ 90:13; Inf. הִנָּחֵם Je 31:15 1 S 15:29; Pt. נִחָם Ju 21:15 + 3 times; — be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others, abs. Je 15:6; c. על ψ 90:13; אֶל Ju 21:6; לְ v 15; מִן 2:18. be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one’s own doings, abs. Ex 13:17 (E), ψ 106:45 Je 20:16 Jo 2:14 Zc 8:14; ‖ שׁקּר 1 S 15:29(×2); מאם Jb 42:6; שׁוב Je 4:28; 31:19 Jon 3:9; חוּס Ez 24:14; לא נ׳, ‖ נשׂבע ψ 110:4; c. עַל Am 7:3, 6 Je 8:6; 18:10; על־הרעה for ill done to others Ex 32:12, 14 (J), Je 18:8 Jo 2:13 Jon 3:10; 4:2; אל־הרעה 2 S 24:16 = 1 Ch 21:15 (על), Je 26:3, 13, 19; 42:10; כִּי Gn 6:6, 7 (J), 1 S 15:11, 35. comfort oneself, be comforted: abs. Gn 38:12 (J) ψ 77:3 Ez 31:16; c. עַל 2 S 13:39 Je 31:15; על הרעה, concerning the evil Ez 14:22; 32:31; אחרי Gn 24:67 (J). be relieved, ease oneself, by taking vengeance c. מן Is 1:24; על 57:6. Pf. נִחַם Is 49:13; + 8 times Pf.; Impf. יְנַחֵם Jb 29:25; 3 mpl. יְנַחֲמוּ Jb 42:11; יְנַחֵמ֑וּן Zc 10:2 + 13 times Impf.; Imv. נַחֲמוּ Is 40:1(×2); Inf. נַחֵם Is 61:2; sf. נַחֲמוֹ Gn 37:35 + 9 times Inf.; Pt. מְנַחֵם La 1:2, pl. מְנַחֲמִים ψ 69:21, + 11 times Pt.—comfort, console, abs. Gn 37:35 (J), 1 Ch 19:3 = 2 S 10:3; ψ 69:21 Ec 4:1(×2) Zc 10:2 Na 3:7 La 1:16; c. acc. pers. Gn 50:21 (E) 2 S 12:24 1 Ch 7:22; 19:2 Jb 2:11; 7:13; 21:34; 29:25 Ru 2:13 ψ 23:4; 71:21; 119:76, 82 Is 12:1; 22:4 40:1(×2) 51:3(×2), 12, 19; 61:2; 66:13(×2) Ez 14:23; 16:54 Zc 1:17 La 2:13; ‖ עזר ψ 86:17; רַחֵם Is 49:13; גאל Is 52:9; שׂמּח Je 31:13; מן rei Gn 5:29 (J); על Je 16:7; 42:11; אל 2 S 10:2 = על 1 Ch 19:2; מְנַחֲמֵי עמל Jb 16:2; אֵין מְנַחֵם לְ La 1:2, 9, 17, 21. Pf. נֻחָ֑מָה Is 54:11; Impf. תְּנֻחָ֑מוּ Is 66:13; be relieved, consoled. Pf. 1 s. וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתִּי (for הִתְנ׳; but del. Co) Ez 5:13; Impf. יִתְנֶחָ֑ם Dt 32:36 + 2 times; 1 s. אֶתְנֶחָ֑ם ψ 119:52; Inf. הִתְנַחֵם Gn 37:35; Pt. מִתְנַחֵם Gn 27:42— be sorry, have compassion עַל־עֲבָדָיו upon his servants Dt 32:36 = ψ 135:14. rue, repent, ‖ כזּב, Nu 23:19 (poem). comfort oneself, be relieved, abs. Gn 37:35 (J), ψ 119:52. ease oneself, by taking vengeance Ez 5:13 (?); c. לִ pers. Gn 27:42 (JE): cf. Ni. 4. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 100 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָחַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5162/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 71:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.21/) תֶּ֤רֶב ׀ גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י וְתִסֹּ֥ב תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃ *Word for word:* may.you.increase greatness my and you.will.turn you will.comfort.me *JPS 1917:* Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. [Isaiah 40:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.1/) נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ עַמִּ֑י יֹאמַ֖ר אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* comfort comfort people my he.says God your *JPS 1917:* Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. - ← previous: [נֶחֱלָמִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5161.md) - next →: [נַחַם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5163.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-2.md)