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נָאַם

na.am

to prophesy

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Strong’s H5001Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

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Translated as

they have uttered1

In the text

Jeremiah 23:31וַיִּנְאֲמוּ
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נָאַם] vb. denom. utter a prophecy, speak as prophet;—Qal Je 23:31

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.