H5273A

נָעִים

na.imH:A

pleasant

1) pleasant, delightful, sweet, lovely, agreeable 1a) delightful 1b) lovely, beautiful (physical)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. נָעִים adjective pleasant, delightful (poetry); — absolute ׳נ Prov 22:18 +; construct נְעִים 2Sam 23:1 plural נְעִמִים Ps 16:6, נְעִימִם 2Sam 1:23, נְעִימִים Prov 23:8 feminine נְעִמוֺת Ps 16:11 —

1. delightful בְּחַיֵּיהֶם ׳הַנֶּאֱהָבִים וְהַנּ 2Sam 1:23 (of Saul and Jonath.); of wealth, ׳הוֺן יָקָר וְנ Prov 24:4 words Prov 23:8 of acts, etc.: ׳מַהטּֿוֺב וּמַהנּֿ שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּםיָֿחַ֑ד Ps 133:1 singing praises to ׳י, Ps 135:3; Ps 147:1 keeping wise teachings Prov 22:18 as substantive = delight יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֺב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִים Job 36:11 (of earthly prosperity); of spiritual delights Ps 16:6; Ps 16:11.

2. lovely, beautiful (physically), Song 1:16 (|| יָפֶה). — Ps 81:3; 2Sam 23:1 see II. נָעִים below II. נעם.

II. נָעִים adjective perhaps singing, sweetly sounding, musical; — absolute ׳כִּנּוֺר נ Ps 81:3 sweetly-sounding lyre; construct, as substantive, ׳נְעִים זְמִרוֺת יִשׂ 2Sam 23:1 Israel's sweet singer of songs (compare Dr^{2Sam 8:10 Löhr}; ᵑ9 egregius psaltes Israel, and so Ges Ew and others, from I. נעם; joy of the songs of Israel HPS, compare Klo Kit).

7 occurrences

II Samuel (1), Psalms (4), Proverbs (1), Song of Solomon (1)