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title: נֹעַם — delightfulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹעַם (5278), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: delightfulness. BDB 1906: n.m. delightfulness, pleasantness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹעַם

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«נֹעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **delightfulness** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5278 · **BDB:** נֹ֫עַם

### Glosses

of.kindness (3); Favor (2); the.kindness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

delightfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5278/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. delightfulness, pleasantness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5278/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 90:17 delightfulness, pleasantness (Ecclus נועם תירוש 32:6);—נ׳ abs. Zc 11:7 + 4 times; cstr. ψ 27:4; 90:17;— delightfulness of י׳: contemplated in temple ψ 27:4, shewn in his favour, וִיהִי נ׳ אדני … עָלֵינוּ 90:17. name of one of two symbol. staves Zc 11:7, 10. pleasantness, as defining genit.: דַּרְכֵי־נ׳ Pr 3:17; אִמְרֵי־נ׳ 15:26; 16:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5278/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.26/)

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תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת רָ֑ע וּ֝טְהֹרִ֗ים אִמְרֵי־נֹֽעַם׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh \[the\].plans of.an.evil.\[person\] and.\[are\] clean words of.kindness

*JPS 1917:* The thoughts of wickedness are an abomination to the LORD; but words of pleasantness are pure.

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[Proverbs 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.17/)

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דְּרָכֶ֥יהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹ֑עַם וְֽכָל־נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣יהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* ways her \[are\].ways of.kindness and all pathways her \[are\].well-being

*JPS 1917:* Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

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