Lexical Definition

‎נְאֻם‎ nᵉʼum (neh-oom') utterance ^H:N-M
from ‎נָאַם‎

(hath) said, saith.

• an oracle

1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet)
1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state)
1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)

See Greek: λέγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְאֻם‎₃₇₆ noun masculine utterance (Ba^{NB 82 e} Kö^{Lgb ii. 501 > older explanation as} Passive participle); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ always thus, as construct: —

1. utterance, declaration, revelation, of prophet in ecstatic state ‎בלעם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Num 24:3; Num 24:15 ‎שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵי אֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ vNum 24:4 vNum 24:6 ‎הַגֶּבֶר‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ vNum 24:3 vNum 24:15; 2Sam 23:1; Prov 30:1 ‎דוד‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Sam 23:1 ‎פֶּשַׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ps 36:2* (transgression personified, speaking with prophetic voice ‎בְּקֶרֶב לִבּוֺ‎); elsewhere always

2. before divine names (except Jer 23:31 see verb): ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ utterance, declaration of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (prophet citing divine word given through him), Gen 22:16 (J), Num 14:28 (P), 2Kgs 9:26 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 19:33 = Isa 37:34; 2Kgs 22:19 = 2Chr 34:27; Isa 14:22; Isa 30:1; Isa 31:9; Ezek 13:6; Ezek 13:7; Ezek 16:58; Ezek 37:14; Hos 2:15*; Hos 2:18*; Hos 2:23*; Hos 11:11; Mic 5:9*; Zeph 1:2; Zeph 1:3; Zeph 1:10; Zeph 3:8; Zech 8:17; Zech 10:12; Zech 11:6; Zech 12:1; Zech 12:4; Zech 13:8; Mal 1:2 + Isa² 12 t.; Jeremiah 162 t.; Amos 14 t.; Haggai 5 t.; Zech¹ (Zech 1:1-8:200) 6 t.; followed by ‎אלהי ישׂראל‎ 1Sam 2:30; Isa 17:6 ‎אֱלֹהֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎(הַ)צְבָאוֺת‎ Amos 6:8; Amos 6:14 ‎צְבָאוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 14:22; Isa 14:23; Isa 17:3; Isa 22:25; Jer 8:3; Jer 25:29; Jer 30:8; Jer 49:26; Nah 2:14*; Nah 3:5; + Haggai 5 t.; Zech¹ (Zech 1:1-8:200) 7 t.; followed by ‎אלהי ישׂראל‎ Zeph 2:9 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ ‎׳‎‎האדון י‎ Isa 1:24; Isa 19:4 ‎׳‎‎אֶלֹהֵי הַצּ‎ ‎׳‎‎אֲדֹנָי י‎ Amos 3:13 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ ‎׳‎‎אדני י‎ Isa 3:15; Jer 49:5 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַמֶּלֶךְ י‎ Jer 46:18; Jer 48:15; Jer 57:57 ‎אדני יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 56:8; Jer 2:22; Amos 4:5; Amos 8:3; Amos 8:9; Amos 8:11 + Ezekiel 82 t. ‎נְאֻם‎ begins sentence only Isa 56:8; Ps 110:1 often in middle Isa 49:18; Amos 3:10 +; most frequently at end Isa 54:17; Amos 2:11; Amos 4:3 +; found in all prophets except Habakkuk, Jonah; not in H D of Hexateuch, Chronicles (except || Kings), Daniel, Job or the five Megilloth.

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