5162. nacham
Lexical Summary
nacham: to be sorry, console oneself
Original Word: נָחַם
Transliteration: nacham
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kham')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be sorry, console oneself
Meaning: to sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge
Strong's Concordance
comfort self, ease one's self, repent,

A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself) -- comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5162. nacham

[נחם‎] verb Niph`al be sorry, console, oneself, etc. (only in derived species) (Late Hebrew Pi`el comfort; Phoenician in proper name Lzb322; ᵑ7‎ Pa`el = Late Hebrew, and derivatives; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, Pa`el id., SchwIdioticon 54; Arabic breathe pantingly (of horse)); — Niph`al Perfect נִחַםAmos 7:3-4t.; נִח֑םJeremiah 20:16 2t.; 1 singular נִחַמְתִּיGenesis 6:7-8t.; נִחָ֑מְתִּיZechariah 8:14; 2masculine plural נִחַמְתֶּםEzekiel 14:22; Imperfect יִנָּחֵםExodus 13:17 6t.; וַיִּנָּ֫תֶםGenesis 6:6 6t.; + 5 t. Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּחֵםExodus 32:12; Psalm 90:13.; Infinitive הִנָּחֵםJeremiah 31:15; 1 Samuel 15:29; Participle נִחָםJudges 21:15 3t.; —

1 be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others, absolute Jeremiah 15:6; with עלPsalm 90:13; אֶלJudges 21:6; לְ21:15; מִן2:18.

2 be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one's own doings, absolute Exodus 13:17 (E), Psalm 106:45; Jeremiah 20:16; Joel 2:14; Zechariah 8:14; "" שׁקּר1 Samuel 15:29 (twice in verse); מאסJob 42:6; שׁובJeremiah 4:28; 31:19; Jonah 3:9; חוּסEzekiel 24:14; נ ׳לא‎, "" נשׂבעPsalm 110:4; c.עַלAmos 7:3, 6; Jeremiah 8:6; 18:10; עלהֿרעה‎ for ill done to others Exodus 32:12, 14 (J), Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; 4:2; אלהֿרעה2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15 (על‎), Jeremiah 26:8, 13, 19; 42:10; כְּיGenesis 6:6-7, (J), 1 Samuel 15:11, 35.

3 comfort oneself, be comforted: absolute Genesis 38:12 (J) Psalm 77:3; Ezekiel 31:16; with עַל2 Samuel 13:39; Jeremiah 31:15; הרעה על‎, concerning the evil Ezekiel 14:22; 32:31; אחריGenesis 24:67 (J).

4 comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance with מןIsaiah 1:24; על57:6.

Piel Perfect נִחַםIsaiah 49:13; 8t. Perfect; Imperfect יְנַחֵםJob 29:25; 3masculine plural יְנַחֲמוּ42:11; יְנַחֵמ֑וּןZechariah 10:2 13t. Imperfect; Imperative נַחֲמוּIsaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Infinitive נַחֵם61:2; suffix נַחֲמוֺGenesis 37:35 9t. Infinitive; Participle מְנַחֵםLamentations 1:2, plural מְנַחֲמִיםPsalm 69:21. + 11 t. Participle — comfort, console, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), 1 Chronicles 19:3 = 2 Samuel 10:3; Psalm 69:21; Ecclesiastes 4:1 (twice in verse); Zechariah 10:2; Nahum 3:7; Lamentations 1:16; with accusative of person Genesis 50:21 (E) 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 19:2; Job 2:11; 7:13; 21:34; 29:25; Ruth 2:13; Psalm 23:4; 71:21; 119:76; 119:82; Isaiah 12:1; 22:4; 40:1 (twice in verse); 51:3 (twice in verse); 51:12, 19; 61:2; 66:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:23; 16:54; Zechariah 1:17; Lamentations 2:13; "" עזרPsalm 86:17; רַחֵםIsaiah 49:13; גאל52:9; שׂמּחJeremiah 31:13; מן‎ of thing Genesis 5:29 (J); עלJeremiah 16:7; 42:11; אל2 Samuel 10:2 = על1 Chronicles 19:2; עמל מְנִחֲמֵיJob 16:2; לְ מְנַחֵם אֵיןLamentations 1:2, 9, 17, 21.

Pual Perfect נֻחָ֑מָהIsaiah 54:11; Imperfect תְּנֻחָ֑מוּ66:13; be comforted, consoled.

Hithpa. Perfect 1 singular וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתּי‎ (for ׳הִתְנ‎; but strike out Co) Ezekiel 5:13; Imperfect יִתְנֶחָ֑םDeuteronomy 32:36 2t.; 1 singular אֶתְנֶח֑םPsalm 119:52; Infinitive הִתְנַחֵםGenesis 37:35; Participle מִתְנַחֵם27:42

1 be sorry, have compassion עַלעֲֿבָדָיוupon his servants Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14.

2 rue, repent of, "" כזּב‎, Numbers 23:19 (poem).

3 comfort oneself, be comforted, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), Psalm 119:52.

4 ease oneself, by taking vengeance Ezekiel 5:13 (?); with לִ‎ person Genesis 27:42 (JE): compareQal 4.








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