נְאֻם
nᵉʼum · H5002 · Hebrew · 376 occurrences
Meanings
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declaration, utterance
Action by which humans or deities make a prophetic statement; in the case of a deity this is usually done through the mouth of a prophet or seer
ExamplesGenesis 22:16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
1 Samuel 2:30 “Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be insignificant.
2 Samuel 23:1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob And the sweet psalmist of Israel, declares,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
375 occurrences in 10 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 268
- אֲדֹנָיLord 92
- גֶּבֶרman 4
- מֶלֶךְking 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 2
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- אָמַרto say 2
- נָאַםto utter 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כֹּהthus, so 1
- קֶרֶבmidst, among, inner parts 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- λέγω légō · G3004 · to say, to talk, to tell
- λέγω (légō, G3004) λέγω is the standard Greek translation equivalent for נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, H5002) נְאֻם, consistently rendering the Hebrew prophetic formula 'says/declares the LORD' in LXX; both denote authoritative divine speech, though the Hebrew term is specialized for oracular pronouncements while the Greek λέγω has broader usage.
- φημί phēmí · G5346 · to say, to talk, to tell
- Greek φημί serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew נְאֻם, the prophetic utterance formula ('oracle of the LORD'), typically translating the declarative speech-act sense into Greek's general verb of assertion.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Speak002004001009008
- נְאֻם introduces a formal declaration or utterance, overwhelmingly in the recurring prophetic formula "declares the LORD," as well as marking Balaam's oracular pronouncements (Numbers 24:3-4), functioning as the standard term for a solemn spoken declaration.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5002. neum נְאֻם376 noun masculine utterance (BaNB 82 e KöLgb ii. 501 > older…
נְאֻם376 noun masculine utterance (BaNB 82 e KöLgb ii. 501 > older explanation as Passive participle); — ׳נ always thus, as construct: —
1 utterance, declaration, revelation, of prophet in ecstatic state ׳נ בלעם Num 24:3, Num 24:15; ׳נ אֵל אִמְרֵי שֹׁמֵעַ Num 24:4; Num 24:6; ׳נ הַגֶּבֶר Num 24:3; Num 24:15; 2Sa 23:1; Pro 30:1; ׳נ דוד 2Sa 23:1; ׳נ מֶּשַׁע Psa 36:2 (transgression personified, speaking with prophetic voice לִבּוֺ בְּקֶרֶב); elsewhere always
2 before divine names (except Jer 23:31 see
verb): ׳נ יהוה utterance, declaration of ׳י (prophet citing divine word given through him), Gen 22:16 (J), Num 14:28 (P), 2Ki 9:26 (twice in verse); 2Ki 19:33 = Isa 37:34; 2Ki 22:19 2Ch 34:27; Isa 14:22; Isa 30:1; Isa 31:9; Eze 13:6-7, Eze 16:58; Eze 37:14; Hos 2:15; Hos 2:18; Hos 2:23; Hos 11:11; Joe 2:12; Obadiah 4, 8; Mic 4:6; Mic 5:9; Zep 1:2-3, Zep 1:10; Zep 3:8; Zec 8:17; Zec 10:12; Zec 11:6; Zec 12:1, Zec 12:4; Zec 13:8; Mal 1:2 + Isa212t.; Jeremiah 162 t.; Amos 14 t.; Haggai 5 t.; Zech1 (Zechariah 1-8) 6 t.; followed by ישׂראל אלהי 1Sa 2:30; Isa 17:6; (הַ)צְבָאוֺת ׳י אֱלֹהֵי Amo 6:8, Amo 6:14; ׳נ ׳י צְבָאוֺת Isa 14:22-23, Isa 17:3; Isa 22:25; Jer 8:3; Jer 25:29; Jer 30:8; Jer 49:26; Nahum 2:14; Nah 3:5; Zec 13:2, Zec 13:7 + Haggai 5 t.; Zech1 (Zechariah 1-8) 7 t.; followed by ישׂראל אלהי Zep 2:9; י ׳האדון ׳צ Isa 1:24; Isa 19:4; י ׳אֲדֹנָי הַצּ ׳אֶלֹהֵי Amo 3:13; י ׳אדני ׳צ Isa 3:15; Jer 49:5; י ׳הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳צ Jer 46:18; Jer 48:15; Jer 57:57; ׳נ יהוה אדני Isa 56:8; Jer 2:22; Amo 4:5; Amo 8:3, Amo 8:9, Amo 8:11 + Ezekiel 82 t. נְאֻם begins sentence only Isa 56:8; Psa 110:1; often in middle Isa 49:18; Amo 3:10 +; most frequently at end Isa 54:17; Amo 2:11; Amo 4:3 +; found in all prophets except Habakkuk, Jonah; not in H D of Hexateuch, Chronicles (except || Kings), Daniel, Job or the five Megilloth.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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