נָעֵם nâʻêm — to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
a primitive root; to be agreeable (literally or figuratively).
nâʻêm in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
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 ›