Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H5162Gנָחַםna.cham
to be sorry: comfortPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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- H5162Hנָחַםna.chamto be sorry: relent
H:VOccurrences: 35
73 occurrences in 66 verses
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And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'
יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ (יְנַחֲמֵ֤) ye.na.cha.Me. “he will comfort”
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted for his mother.
וַיִּנָּחֵ֥ם (יִּנָּחֵ֥ם) i.yi.na.Chem “he was comforted”
And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him: 'Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
מִתְנַחֵ֥ם mit.na.Chem “[is] comforting himself”
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said: 'Nay, but I will go down to the grave to my son mourning.' And his father wept for him.
לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ (נַחֲמ֗) na.cha.M “comfort”לְהִתְנַחֵ֔ם (הִתְנַחֵ֔ם) hit.na.Chem “be comforted”
And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (יִּנָּ֣חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he was comforted”
Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.
וַיְנַחֵ֣ם (יְנַחֵ֣ם) y.na.Chem “he comforted”
For the LORD will judge His people, and repent Himself for His servants; when He seeth that their stay is gone, and there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.
יִתְנֶחָ֑ם yit.ne.Cham “he will have compassion”
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed the
יִנָּחֵ֤ם yi.na.Chem “he had compassion”
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said: 'There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ (יִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙) i.yi.na.cha.Mu “they had compassion”
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
נִחָ֖ם ni.Cham “it had compassion”
Then she said: 'Let me find favour in thy sight, my LORD; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.'
נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִי (נִֽחַמְתָּ֔) ni.cham.Ta. “you have comforted”
And David said: 'I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me.' So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
לְנַחֲמ֛וֹ (נַחֲמ֛) na.cha.M “comfort”
But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overth
מְנַֽחֲמִ֑ים me.na.cha.Mim “comforters”
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him;
וַיְנַחֵ֣ם (יְנַחֵ֣ם) y.na.Chem “he comforted”
And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
נִחַ֥ם ni.Cham “he was comforted”
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (נַחֲמֽ) na.cha.M “comfort”
And David said: 'l will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.' So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to co
לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ (נַחֲמ֣) na.cha.M “comfort”לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (נַחֲמֽ) na.cha.M “comfort”
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?'
מְנַחֲמִ֑ים me.na.cha.Mim “comforters”
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and t
וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (נַחֲמֽ) na.cha.m “comfort”
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי (תְּנַחֲמֵ֣) te.na.cha.Me. “it will comfort”
I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.
מְנַחֲמֵ֖י me.na.cha.Mei “[are] comforters of”
How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי (תְּנַחֲמ֣וּ) te.na.cha.Mu. “will you comfort”
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
יְנַחֵֽם׃ ye.na.Chem “someone comforts”
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upo
וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּ (יְנַחֲמ֣וּ) y.na.cha.Mu “they comforted”
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃ (יְנַֽחֲמֻֽ) ye.Na.cha.Mu. “they comfort”