נָעֵם
nāʿēm
be pleasant
Strong's H5276VerbHebrewTWOT 1384

נָעֵם (nāʿēm) is a Hebrew verb meaning be pleasant. It appears 8 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5276).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1384)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1384)be pleasant, delightful, lovely; be agreeable; pass in beauty, be delight, be sweet
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָעֵם verb: be pleasant, delightful, lovely

be pleasant, delightful, lovely; of land); also (of physical beauty) מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ; 3 plural, of pleasant words, נָעֵ֑מוּ; is impers. with ל

Strong's H5276 נָעֵם: to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV:pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:152 Samuel 1:26Psalms 141:6

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