: comfort 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself Also means: na.cham (נָחַם ": relent" H5162H)
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H5162 — נָחַם
na.cham · to be sorry: comfort · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 5:29 · יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּand he named him Noah, saying, “This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”Genesis 6:6 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםYahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.Genesis 6:7 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיYahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”Genesis 24:67 · וַיִּנָּחֵ֥םIsaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.Genesis 27:42 · מִתְנַחֵ֥םThe words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.Genesis 37:35 · לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ · לְהִתְנַחֵ֔םAll his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.Genesis 38:12 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAfter many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.Genesis 50:21 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םNow therefore don’t be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.Exodus 13:17 · יִנָּחֵ֥םIt happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;”Exodus 32:12 · וְהִנָּחֵ֥םWhy should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.Exodus 32:14 · וַיִּנָּ֖חֶםYahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.Numbers 23:19 · וְיִתְנֶחָ֑םGod is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?Deuteronomy 32:36 · יִתְנֶחָ֑םFor Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, There is none remaining, shut up or left at large.Judges 2:18 · יִנָּחֵ֤םWhen Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.Judges 21:6 · וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.Judges 21:15 · נִחָ֖םThe people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.Ruth 2:13 · נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִיThen she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.”1 Samuel 15:11 · נִחַ֗מְתִּי“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.1 Samuel 15:29 · יִנָּחֵ֑ם · לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”1 Samuel 15:35 · נִחָ֔םSamuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.2 Samuel 10:2 · לְנַחֲמ֛וֹDavid said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.2 Samuel 10:3 · מְנַֽחֲמִ֑יםBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”2 Samuel 12:24 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םDavid comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;2 Samuel 13:39 · נִחַ֥םKing David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.2 Samuel 24:16 · וַיִּנָּ֤חֶםWhen the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now stay your hand.” The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.1 Chronicles 7:22 · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.1 Chronicles 19:2 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.1 Chronicles 19:3 · מְנַחֲמִ֑יםBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”1 Chronicles 21:15 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםGod sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.Job 2:11 · וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.Job 7:13 · תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיWhen I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’Job 16:2 · מְנַחֲמֵ֖י“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!Job 21:34 · תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִיSo how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”Job 29:25 · יְנַחֵֽם׃I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.Job 42:6 · וְנִחַ֑מְתִּיTherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”Job 42:11 · וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּThen came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.Psalm 23:4 · יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.Psalm 69:20 · וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםReproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 71:21 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Increase my honor, and comfort me again.Psalm 77:2 · הִנָּחֵ֣םIn the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.Psalm 86:17 · וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.Psalm 90:13 · וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗םRelent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!Psalm 106:45 · וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗םHe remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.Psalm 110:4 · יִנָּחֵ֗םYahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Psalm 119:52 · וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽם׃I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.Psalm 119:76 · לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִיPlease let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.Psalm 119:82 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”Psalm 135:14 · יִתְנֶחָֽם׃For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants.Ecclesiastes 4:1 · מְנַחֵ֔ם · מְנַחֵֽם׃Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.Isaiah 1:24 · אֶנָּחֵ֣םTherefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;Isaiah 12:1 · וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.Isaiah 22:4 · לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיTherefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.Isaiah 40:1 · נַחֲמ֥וּ · נַחֲמ֖וּ“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.Isaiah 49:13 · נִחַ֤םSing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.Isaiah 51:3 · נִחַ֨ם · נִחַם֙For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Isaiah 51:12 · מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם“I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;Isaiah 51:19 · אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?Isaiah 52:9 · נִחַ֤םBreak forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.Isaiah 54:11 · נֻחָ֑מָה“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.Isaiah 57:6 · אֶנָּחֵֽם׃Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?Isaiah 61:2 · לְנַחֵ֖םto proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;Isaiah 66:13 · תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ · אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם · תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”Jeremiah 4:28 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיFor this the earth will 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.”Jeremiah 8:6 · נִחָם֙I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.Jeremiah 15:6 · הִנָּחֵֽם׃You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you have gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.Jeremiah 16:7 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹneither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.Jeremiah 18:8 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.Jeremiah 18:10 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.Jeremiah 20:16 · נִחָ֑םLet that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;Jeremiah 26:3 · וְנִחַמְתִּ֣יIt may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.Jeremiah 26:13 · וְיִנָּחֵ֣םNow therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.Jeremiah 26:19 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםDid Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.Jeremiah 31:13 · וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔יםThen shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.Jeremiah 31:15 · לְהִנָּחֵ֥םThus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.Jeremiah 31:19 · נִחַ֔מְתִּיSurely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.Jeremiah 42:10 · נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙If you will still live 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 grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.Lamentations 1:2 · מְנַחֵ֖םShe weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.Lamentations 1:9 · מְנַחֵ֖םHer filthiness was in her skirts; she didn’t remember her latter end; therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: see, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.Lamentations 1:16 · מְנַחֵ֖םFor these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.Lamentations 1:17 · מְנַחֵם֙Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.Lamentations 1:21 · מְנַחֵם֙They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.Lamentations 2:13 · וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְWhat shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?Amos 7:3 · נִחַ֥םYahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.Amos 7:6 · נִחַ֥םYahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.Jonah 3:9 · וְנִחַ֖םWho knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”Jonah 3:10 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםGod saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.Jonah 4:2 · וְנִחָ֖םHe prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.Nahum 3:7 · מְנַחֲמִ֖יםIt will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”Zechariah 1:17 · וְנִחַ֨ם“Proclaim further, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”’”Zechariah 8:14 · נִחָֽמְתִּי׃For thus says Yahweh of Armies: “As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I didn’t repent;Zechariah 10:2 · יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּןFor the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.