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H5162Hנָחַםna.cham

to be sorry: relentPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 10
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 3
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H5162

  • H5162Gנָחַםna.chamto be sorry: comfortH:VOccurrences: 73

35 occurrences in 34 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.

    וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (יִּנָּ֣חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he regretted”

  2. Genesis 6:7

    And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.'

    נִחַ֖מְתִּי ni.Cham.ti “I regret”

  3. Exodus 13:17

    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said: 'Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.'

    יִנָּחֵ֥ם yi.na.Chem “it should regret”

  4. Exodus 32:12

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.

    וְהִנָּחֵ֥ם (הִנָּחֵ֥ם) hi.na.Chem “relent”

  5. Exodus 32:14

    And the LORD repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.

    וַיִּנָּ֖חֶם (יִּנָּ֖חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he relented”

  6. Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?

    וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם (יִתְנֶחָ֑ם) yit.ne.Cham “he may change his mind”

  7. 1 Samuel 15:11

    'It repenteth Me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following Me, and hath not performed My commandments.' And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

    נִחַ֗מְתִּי ni.Cham.ti “I regret”

  8. 1 Samuel 15:29

    And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent.'

    יִנָּחֵ֑ם yi.na.Chem “he will regret”לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃ (הִנָּחֵֽם) hi.na.Chem “regret”

  9. 1 Samuel 15:35

    And Samuel never beheld Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul; and the LORD repented that He had made Saul king over Israel.

    נִחָ֔ם ni.Cham “he regretted”

  10. 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araun

    וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם (יִּנָּ֤חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he relented”

  11. 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and He repented Him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was standing by the thres

    וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (יִּנָּ֣חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he relented”

  12. Job 42:6

    Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.

    וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי (נִחַ֑מְתִּי) ni.Cham.ti “I repent”

  13. Psalms 106:45

    And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

    וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם (יִּנָּחֵ֗ם) i.yi.na.Chem “he relented”

  14. Psalms 110:4

    The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.'

    יִנָּחֵ֗ם yi.na.Chem “he will repent”

  15. Isaiah 57:6

    Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meal-offering. Should I pacify Myself for these things?

    אֶנָּחֵֽם׃ 'e.na.Chem “will I relent”

  16. Jeremiah 4:28

    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

    נִחַ֖מְתִּי ni.Cham.ti “I have repented”

  17. Jeremiah 8:6

    I attended and listened, but they spoke not aright; no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying: 'What have I done?' Every one turneth away in his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

    נִחָם֙ ni.Cham “[who] relents”

  18. Jeremiah 15:6

    Thou hast cast Me off, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward; therefore do I stretch out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

    הִנָּחֵֽם׃ hi.na.Chem “to relent”

  19. Jeremiah 18:8

    but if that nation turn from their evil, because of which I have spoken against it, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto it.

    וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ (נִֽחַמְתִּי֙) ni.cham.Ti “I will relent”

  20. Jeremiah 18:10

    but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it.

    וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ (נִֽחַמְתִּי֙) ni.cham.Ti “I will relent”

  21. Jeremiah 26:3

    It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent Me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

    וְנִחַמְתִּ֣י (נִחַמְתִּ֣י) ni.cham.Ti “I will repent”

  22. Jeremiah 26:13

    Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent Him of the evil that He hath pronounced against you.

    וְיִנָּחֵ֣ם (יִנָּחֵ֣ם) yi.na.Chem “he may repent”

  23. Jeremiah 26:19

    Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and entreat the favour of the LORD, and the LORD repented Him of the evil which He had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our own s

    וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (יִּנָּ֣חֶם) i.yi.Na.chem “he repented”

  24. Jeremiah 31:19

    Surely after that I was turned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.'

    נִחַ֔מְתִּי ni.Cham.ti “I repented”

  25. Jeremiah 42:10

    If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent Me of the evil that I have done unto you.

    נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙ ni.Cham.ti “I am grieved”