naem · be pleasant

What it means

naem (נָעֵם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be pleasant”.

Delightful.

How to say it

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. To be delightful, lovely.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• pleasant ×7
• do you surpass in pleasantness ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×3
• Song of Songs×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 49:15

  He saw a resting place, that it was good, and the land, that it was pleasant; so he bent his shoulder to bear burdens and became subject to forced labor.

• 2 Samuel 1:26

  I am in distress over you, my brother Jonathan; you were very pleasant to me; your love to me was more wonderful than the love of women.

• Psalms 141:6

  They have been thrown down by the sides of the rock, their judges, and they will hear my sayings, for they are pleasant.

• Proverbs 2:10

  For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

• Proverbs 9:17

  “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

• Proverbs 24:25

  but to those who rebuke it will be pleasant, and on them will come a blessing of good.

• Song of Songs 7:6

  How beautiful you are, and how pleasant, love, among delights!

• Ezekiel 32:19

  Whom do you surpass in pleasantness? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.