What does נָעִים mean in the Bible?
נָעִים is a Hebrew word meaning "delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)".
Hebrew · H5273
נָעִים
Delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
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נָעִים H5273
What does נָעִים mean in the Bible?
נָעִים is a Hebrew word meaning "delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5273?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and beautiful (1), and delightful (1), and the sweet (1), delightful (1), in happiness (1).
Where does נָעִים appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Samuel 1:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), 2 Samuel (2), Job (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and beautiful 1× Proverbs 24:4
and delightful 1× 2 Samuel 1:23
and the sweet 1× 2 Samuel 23:1
delightful 1× Song Of Solomon 1:16
in happiness 1× Job 36:11
in pleasant places 1× Psalms 16:6
it is lovely 1× Psalms 135:3
it is pleasing 1× Proverbs 22:18
play the sweet-sounding 1× Psalms 81:2
pleasant 1× Psalms 147:1
pleasant it is 1× Psalms 133:1
pleasures 1× Psalms 16:11
your pleasant 1× Proverbs 23:8
Show sample aligned rows
2 Samuel 1:23 וְהַנְּעִימִם֙ to and delightful Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural 2 Samuel 23:1 וּנְעִ֖ים to and the sweet Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct Job 36:11 בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ to in happiness Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Psalms 16:6 בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים to in pleasant places Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Psalms 16:11 נְעִמ֖וֹת to pleasures Adjective - feminine plural Psalms 81:2 נָעִ֣ים to play the sweet-sounding Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 133:1 נָּעִ֑ים to pleasant it is Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 135:3 נָעִֽים׃ to it is lovely Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 147:1 נָ֝עִים to pleasant Adjective - masculine singular Proverbs 22:18 נָ֭עִים to it is pleasing Adjective - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Samuel 1:23
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 5
2 Samuel 2 Job 1 Psalms 6 Proverbs 3 Song Of Solomon 1
Source forms
בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ 1x ban·nə·‘î·mîm Job 36:11
בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים 1x ban·nə·‘i·mîm Psalms 16:6
הַנְּעִימִֽים׃ 1x han·nə·‘î·mîm Proverbs 23:8
וְהַנְּעִימִם֙ 1x wə·han·nə·‘î·mim 2 Samuel 1:23
וּנְעִ֖ים 1x ū·nə·‘îm 2 Samuel 23:1
וְנָעִֽים׃ 1x wə·nā·‘îm Proverbs 24:4
נָעִ֣ים 1x nā·‘îm Psalms 81:2
נָ֝עִים 1x nā·‘îm Psalms 147:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 6x Psalms 81:2, Psalms 133:1, Psalms 135:3, Psalms 147:1
Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural 2x Job 36:11, Psalms 16:6
Adjective - feminine plural 1x Psalms 16:11
Article | Adjective - masculine plural 1x Proverbs 23:8
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular 1x Proverbs 24:4
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct 1x 2 Samuel 23:1
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural 1x 2 Samuel 1:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
Source Gloss
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative) BDB: singing Usage: pleasant(-ure), sweet.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נָעִים is built from this root:
נָעֵם H5276
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain