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נָעִים

naim · pleasant, lovely

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5273 · appears 13 times in the Bible

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What it means

naim (נָעִים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pleasant, lovely”.

Pleasant, dear, delightful; said of persons, of words and of songs.

How to say it

na·im

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Lovely, dear, charming.
  2. Pleasing to the ear, said of praise and song.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • pleasant ×11
  • delights ×2

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 2 Samuel 1:23

    Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life, and in their death they were not separated; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

  • 2 Samuel 23:1

    These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, and the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Jacob, and the pleasant one in the psalms of Israel:

  • Job 36:11

    If they hear and serve him, they will complete their days in good things, and their years in delights.

  • Psalms 16:6

    The cords have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, the inheritance is beautiful to me.

  • Psalms 16:11

    You will make known to me the path of life; fullness of joys with your face; delights at your right hand forever.

  • Psalms 81:2

    Raise a song and sound the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

  • Psalms 133:1

    A song of the ascents. Of David. Look, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell also together.

  • Psalms 135:3

    Praise Yah, for YHWH is good; sing psalms to his name, for it is pleasant.

  • Psalms 147:1

    Praise Yah, for it is good to sing psalms to our Elohim, for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.

  • Proverbs 22:18

    for it is pleasant if you keep them within you, if they are established together on your lips.

  • Proverbs 23:8

    The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.

  • Proverbs 24:4

    and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant wealth.

  • Song of Songs 1:16

    Look, you are beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant; also our bed is leafy.