נֹעַם
noam · delightfulness, beauty
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5278 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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noam (נֹעַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “delightfulness, beauty”.
Pleasantness, beauty: what is agreeable and lovely in someone; said of YHWH, how good it is to be with him.
How to say it
no·am
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
- Delight; YHWH's goodness that gladdens.
- Pleasantness: the name the prophet gave one of his staffs.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Pleasantness ×3
- are pleasant ×2
- sweetness ×2
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of YHWH, that I will seek: to dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of YHWH and to inquire in his temple.
- Psalms 90:17
And let the sweetness of Adonai our Elohim be upon us; and the work of our hands establish upon us; yes, the work of our hands, establish it.
- Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 15:26
An abomination to YHWH are the thoughts of the evil man, but pure are pleasant sayings.
- Proverbs 16:24
A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Zechariah 11:7
So I shepherded the sheep of slaughter, therefore, the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the sheep.
- Zechariah 11:10
And I took my staff Pleasantness and cut it, to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.