נֹעַם

no.am

pleasantness

Strong’s H5278Noun, masculine7 times in the Hebrew Bible

kindness3

the kindness of2

favor2

In the text

Psalm 27:4בְּנֹעַם
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Proverbs 3:17נֹעַם
All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Zechariah 11:7נֹעַם
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

נֹ֫עַם n.m. ψ 90:17 delightfulness, pleasantness (Ecclus נועם תירוש 32:6);—נ׳ abs. Zc 11:7 + 4 t.; cstr. ψ 27:4 90:17;—

1. delightfulness of י׳: contemplated in temple ψ 27:4, shewn in his favour, וִיהִי נ׳ אדני ... עָלֵינוּ 90:17.

2. name of one of two symbol. staves Zc 11:7, 10.

3. pleasantness, as defining genit.: דַרְכֵי־נ׳ Pr 3:17; אִמְרֵי־נ׳ 15:26 16:24.

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.