נָחַם (nāḥam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be sorry. It appears
108 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5162).
Also rendered
comfort
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1344)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1344)be sorry, console oneself; moved to pity, have compassion, rue, suffer grief, repent, comfort oneself, be comforted, ease oneself; console; consoled; repent of; sigh, breathe, pity, avenge; ease, repenter, repenting
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נחםverb: be sorry, console oneself
Niphal
1.be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others
2.be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent
3.comfort oneself, be comforted
4.comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance
Pielcomfort, console
Pualbe comforted, consoled
Hithpaal
1.be sorry, have compassion
2.rue, repent of
3.comfort oneself, be comforted
4.ease oneself, by taking vengeance
Strong's H5162נָחַם: properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself) KJV:comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.