נָאַם nâʼam — properly, to whisper, i.e. (by implication) to utter as an oracle
Translated in the KJV as say.
a primitive root; properly, to whisper, i.e. (by implication) to utter as an oracle.
nâʼam in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Wayyiqtol 1
וַֽיִּנְאֲמ֖וּ Jer 23:31 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›