Lexical Definition

‎נָעִים‎ nâʻîym (naw-eem') pleasant ^H:A
from ‎נָעֵם‎

pleasant(-ure), sweet.

• delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)

1) pleasant, delightful, sweet, lovely, agreeable
1a) delightful
1b) lovely, beautiful (physical)
2) singing, sweetly sounding, musical

See Greek: εὐπρέπεια · καλός · κρεῖσσον · κρείττων · ὡραῖος

Extended Information

• singing, sweetly sounding, musical

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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).

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