נֹעַם
nôʻam · H5278 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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loveliness
State in which a deity has qualities that inspire love and appreciation
ExamplesPsalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.
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pleasantness, delight
State in which conditions and circumstances have qualities that inspire appreciation
ExamplesProverbs 3:17 Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 15:26 Evil plans are an abomination to the LORD, But pleasant words are pure.
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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favor
State in which deities are well disposed towards humans
ExamplesPsalm 90:17 May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
Zechariah 11:7 So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, therefore also the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor, and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.
Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff Favor and cut it in pieces, to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
How it’s used In 6 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
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֲדֹנָיLord 1
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַקֵּלstaff, rod, branch 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵמֶרword 2
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- חֵן chên · H2580 · beauty, elegance, charm
- Both terms denote positive aesthetic or relational qualities — pleasantness, grace, beauty, favor — overlapping across the senses of goodness, love, and well-being.
- חֶמֶד chemed · H2531 · desirability, fruitfulness, fertility
- חֶמֶד emphasizes desirability (what evokes desire); נֹעַם emphasizes pleasantness and aesthetic beauty (intrinsic quality).
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Good002001001031
- The word is the abstract noun for beauty or pleasantness, as in beholding the beauty of the LORD (Psalm 27:4), tying it to a favorable aesthetic and moral quality.
- Love002001002018
- The word is used of a delightful bond or relationship, such as the staff named Favor/Pleasantness in Zechariah's shepherd allegory (Zechariah 11:7, 11:10), a broader relational sense than plain beauty.
- Well002001003018
- The word describes a wholesome, favorable condition of pleasantness, a broader well-being sense than visual beauty alone.
- Willing002001002028
- The word can describe pleasantness as something graciously granted or willingly extended, a broader relational-attitude sense than plain beauty.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5278. noam נֹ֫עַם noun masculinePsa 90:17 delightfulness, pleasantness (Ecclus תירוש…
נֹ֫עַם noun masculinePsa 90:17 delightfulness, pleasantness (Ecclus תירוש נועם Ecclesiasticus 32:6); — ׳נ absolute Zec 11:7 Zec 11:4t.; construct Psa 27:4; Psa 90:17; —
1 delightfulness of ׳׃י contemplated in temple Psa 27:4, shewn in his favour, נ ׳וִיהִי אדניעָ֗֗֗לֵינוּ Psa 90:17.
2 name of one of two symbolic staves Zec 11:7, Zec 11:10.
3 pleasantness, as defining Genitive: ׳דַּרְכֵינֿ Pro 3:17; ׳אִמְרֵינֿ Pro 15:26; Pro 16:24.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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