{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5276",
  "lemma": "נָעֵם",
  "transliteration": "nâʻêm",
  "definition": "to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)",
  "kjv": "pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[נָעֵם] vb. be pleasant, delightful, lovely;—Qal Pf. 3 fs. נָעֵ֑מָה Gn 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2 ms. (of delightful friend) נָעַ֥מְתָּ לִי מְאֹד 2 S 1:26, also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ Ez 32:19; 2 fs. (id.) וּמַה־נָּעַמְתְּ Ct 7:7 how lovely art thou!; 3 pl., of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּ ψ 141:6; Impf. 3ms יִנְעָ֑ם: Pr 2:10 (of knowledge); 9:17; 24:25 is impers. c. ל, to them... shall be delight."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:15",
      "text": "He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 1:26",
      "text": "I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/1?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 32:19",
      "text": "Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/32?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 141:6",
      "text": "Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/141?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 2:10",
      "text": "For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/2?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 9:17",
      "text": "“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 24:25",
      "text": "but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/24?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Song of Songs 7:7",
      "text": "How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/7?v=7"
    }
  ],
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