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title: נָעִים — pleasant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָעִים (5273), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: pleasant. BDB 1906: adj. pleasant, delightful. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָעִים

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«נָעִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pleasant** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 5273 · **BDB:** נָעִים

### Glosses

pleasant (6); \[is\].pleasant (1); \[it.is\].pleasant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pleasant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5273/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. pleasant, delightful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5273/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. pleasant, delightful (poet.);—abs. נ׳ Pr 22:18 +; cstr. נְעִים 2 S 23:1; pl. נְעִמִים ψ 16:6, נְעִימִם 2 S 1:23, נְעִימִים Pr 23:8; f. נְעִמוֹת ψ 16:11;— delightful הַנֶּאֱהָבִים וְהַנּ׳ בְּחַיֵּיהֶם 2 S 1:23 (of Saul and Jonath.); of wealth, הוֹן יָקָר וְנ׳ Pr 24:4; words Pr 23:8; of acts, etc.: מַה־טּוֹב וּמַה־נּ׳ שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּם־יָ֑חַד ψ 133:1; singing praises to י׳, 135:3; 147:1; keeping wise teachings Pr 22:18; as subst. = delight יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִים Jb 36:11 (of earthly prosperity); of spiritual delights ψ 16:6, 11. lovely, beautiful (physically), Ct 1:16 (‖ יָפֶה).—ψ 81:3; 2 S 23:1 v. ii. נָעִים sub II. נעם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָעִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5273/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 81:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.3/)

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שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* lift.up music and beat a.tambourine a.harp pleasant with a.lyre

*JPS 1917:* Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

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[Proverbs 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.4/)

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וּ֭בְדַעַת חֲדָרִ֣ים יִמָּלְא֑וּ כָּל־ה֖וֹן יָקָ֣ר וְנָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and by knowledge rooms they.are.filled all wealth precious and pleasant

*JPS 1917:* And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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