neum · declaration

What it means

neum (נְאֻם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “declaration”.

Solemn declaration. "Declares YHWH" is the formula that marks words as spoken by God himself.

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. Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
2. Solemn words of a man, like Balaam.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Solemn declaration, oracle. It almost always comes in the formula נְאֻם יְהוָה, which marks words as spoken by God himself; Jeremiah uses it more than anyone.

• “Declares YHWH”, at the end or in the middle of an oracle Jeremiah 1:8Genesis 22:16
• The oracle of a man: Balaam, David Numbers 24:32 Samuel 23:1
• At the opening of a psalm Psalms 110:1

How we translate it

“Declares” 366 times, “oracle” 9. This edition renders נְאֻם יְהוָה “declares YHWH”. When the word introduces the saying of a man (Balaam, David), it is translated “oracle”.

How it is translated

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

• declares ×366
• oracle ×9
• declaration ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×7
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×2
• 2 Kings×4
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×25
• Jeremiah×176
• Ezekiel×85
• Hosea×4
• Joel×1
• Amos×21
• Obadiah×2
• Micah×2
• Nahum×2
• Zephaniah×5
• Haggai×12
• Zechariah×20
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 22:16

  and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares YHWH, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only one,

• Numbers 14:28

  Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares YHWH, just as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.

• Numbers 24:3

  And he took up his poem and said, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

• Numbers 24:4

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Numbers 24:15

  And he took up his poem and said, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

• Numbers 24:16

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• 1 Samuel 2:30

  Therefore declares YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before me forever; but now declares YHWH: Far be it from me! For those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be lightly esteemed.

• 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:

• 2 Kings 9:26

  ‘Surely the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons I saw yesterday, declares YHWH, and I will repay you in this plot, declares YHWH.’ So now pick him up and throw him into the plot, according to the word of YHWH.”

• 2 Kings 19:33

  By the way that he came, by it he will return, and into this city he will not come, declares YHWH.

• 2 Kings 22:19

  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before YHWH when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard, declares YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 34:27

  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before Elohim when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before me, and tore your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard, declares YHWH.

• Psalms 36:1

  For the director. Of the servant of YHWH, of David. A declaration of transgression to the wicked within my heart: there is no dread of Elohim before his eyes.

• Psalms 110:1

  Of David. A psalm. YHWH declares to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

• Proverbs 30:1

  The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden. The oracle of the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

• Isaiah 1:24

  Therefore declares the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot, the Mighty One of Israel: Woe! I will find comfort over my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies.

• Isaiah 3:15

  What right have you that you crush my people and grind the face of the afflicted? declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.

• Isaiah 14:22

  “And I will rise up against them,” declares YHWH Tsevaot, “and I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and posterity,” declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 14:23

  “And I will make it a possession for the hedgehog and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares YHWH Tsevaot.

• Isaiah 17:3

  And the fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the sons of Israel, declares YHWH Tsevaot.

• Isaiah 17:6

  And there will be left in it gleanings, as when beating an olive tree: two, three olives at the top of the highest branch, four, five on its fruitful branches, declares YHWH, Elohim of Israel.

• Isaiah 19:4

  And I will hand over Egypt into the hand of a hard master, and a strong king will rule over them, declares the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot.

• Isaiah 22:25

  On that day, declares YHWH Tsevaot, the peg that was driven in a secure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for YHWH has spoken.”

• Isaiah 30:1

  Woe to the stubborn children, declares YHWH, who make a plan, but not from me, and who pour out a libation, but not of my spirit, so as to add sin to sin;

• Isaiah 31:9

  And his crag will pass away because of terror, and his princes will be dismayed at the banner, declares YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 37:34

  By the way that he came, by it he will return, and into this city he will not come, declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 41:14

  Do not fear, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I help you, declares YHWH, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

• Isaiah 43:10

  “You are my witnesses, declares YHWH, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am the same; before me no god was formed, and after me there will not be one.

• Isaiah 43:12

  I declared, and saved, and made it heard, and there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses, declares YHWH, and I am El.

• Isaiah 49:18

  Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of them gather, they come to you. As I live, declares YHWH, surely you will clothe yourself with all of them as with an ornament, and bind them on like a bride.

• Isaiah 52:5

  And now, what do I have here, declares YHWH, since my people have been taken for nothing? Their rulers howl, declares YHWH, and continually, all the day, my name is despised.

• Isaiah 54:17

  No weapon formed against you will prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, and their righteousness is from me,” declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 55:8

  “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 56:8

  Declares Adonai YHWH, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather others to him, besides his gathered ones.”

• Isaiah 59:20

  “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 66:2

  And all these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares YHWH. But to this one I will look: to the afflicted and the stricken in spirit, and the one who trembles at my word.

• Isaiah 66:17

  “Those who consecrate themselves and purify themselves for the gardens, after one in the middle, who eat the flesh of pigs and the detestable thing and the mouse, will come to an end together, declares YHWH.

• Isaiah 66:22

  For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make stand before me, declares YHWH, so your offspring and your name will stand.

• Jeremiah 1:8

  Do not be afraid of them, for with you am I to rescue you, declares YHWH.”

• Jeremiah 1:15

  For look, I am calling all the clans of the kingdoms of the north, declares YHWH, and they will come and set each his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

And 336 more times.