lovely, agreeable, well Lev y -Os ZMG xix (1865), 178 CIS iv. 19, 11 , so Min. Hom Südar. Chrest. 128 ; Old Aramaic in n.pr. Lzb 222, 324 Cook 82 ( נעמתי my darling [or my songs , cf. II. נ׳ ]); å נָעִים pleasant,lovely , נְעִימְתָּא loveliness; Prä BAS i. 46 f. cp. Ethiopic ˜˜˜
(
˒addama
)
be pleasant
,
=
˜˜˜˜
(
˒an˓ama
)
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
3
fs.
נָעֵמָ˜ה
Gn 49:15
(poem in
J
; of land); 2
ms.
(of delightful friend)
נָעַמְתָּ לִי מְאֹד
2 S 1:2
6, also (of physical beauty)
מִמִּי נָעָ˜מְתָּ
Ez 32:1
9;
2
fs.
(
id.
)
מַה־נָּעַמְתְּ
Ct 7:7
how lovely art thou!
(
||
מַה־יָּפִית
); 3
pl.
, of pleasant words,
נָעֵ˜מוּ
ψ 141:6
;
Impf.
3
ms.
יִנְעָ˜ם
:
לְנַפְשְׁךָ יִנ׳
Pr 2:10
(of knowledge);
לֶחֶם סְתָרִים יִנ׳
9:17
(
||
יִמְתָּ˜קוּ
);
יִנ׳
24:25
is impers.
c.
ל
,
to them … shall be delight
.
•
נֹ˜עַם
S
5278
TWOT
1384a
GK
5840
n.m.
ψ 90:17
delightfulness, pleasantness
(
Ecclus
נועם תירוש
32:6
)
;—
נ׳
abs.
Zc 11:7
+
4 times;
cstr.
ψ 27:4
;
90:17
;—
1.
delightfulness
of
י׳
: contemplated in temple
ψ 27:4
, shewn in his favour,
עָלֵינוּ
…
וִיהִי נ׳ אדני
90:1
7.
2.
name of one of two symbol. staves
Zc 11:7
,
10
.
3.
pleasantness
, as defining genit.:
דַּרְכֵי־נ׳
Pr 3:1
7;
אִמְרֵי־נ׳
15:2
6;
16:24
.
•
נָ˜עַם
n.pr.m.
son of Caleb,
1 Ch 4:15
;
Ö
Νοοµ
,
A
Νααµ
.
•
I
.
נָעִים
S
5273
TWOT
1384b, 1385a
GK
5833, 5834
adj.
pleasant, delightful
(poet.);—
abs.
נ׳
Pr 22:18
+;
cstr.
נְעִים
2 S 23:
1;
pl.
נְעִמִים
ψ 16:6
,
נְעִימִם
2 S 1:2
3,
נְעִימִים
Pr 23:
8;
f.
נְעִמֹות
ψ 16:11
;—
1.
delightful
הַנֶּאֱהָבִים וְהַנּ׳ בְּחַיֵּיהֶם
2 S 1:23
(of Saul and Jonath.); of wealth,
הֹון יָקָר וְנ׳
Pr 24:
4; words
Pr 23:8
; of acts, etc.:
שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּם־יָחַ˜ד מַה־טֹּוב וּמַה־נּ׳
ψ 133:1
; singing praises to
י׳
,
135:3
;
147:1
; keeping wise teachings
Pr 22:18
; as
subst. =
delight
יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטֹּוב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִים
Jb 36:11
(of earthly prosperity); of spiritual delights
ψ 16:6
,
11
.
2.
lovely, beautiful
(physically),
Ct 1:16
(
||
יָפֶה
).—
ψ 81:3
2 S 23:1
v.
II
.
נָעִים
sub II.
נעם
.
•
I
.
נַעֲמָה
S
5279
GK
5841, 5842
n.pr.f.
1.
sister of Tubal Cain
Gn 4:22
Ö
Νοεµα
,
Ö
L
Νοεµµα
.
2.
Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam
1 K 14:21
Ö
Μααχαµ
,
A
Prä F. Prätorius. Ecclus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclus, Oxford ed., = Heb. Fragments of Ecclesiasticus, edd. Neubauer and Cowley.