: 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 calleth his name Noah, saying, ‘This one doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.’Genesis 6:6 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםand Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself—unto His heart.Genesis 6:7 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיAnd Jehovah saith, ‘I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.’Genesis 24:67 · וַיִּנָּחֵ֥םand Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after the death of his mother.Genesis 27:42 · מִתְנַחֵ֥םAnd the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, ‘Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee—to slay thee;Genesis 37:35 · לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ · לְהִתְנַחֵ֔םand all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, ‘For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,’ and his father weepeth for him.Genesis 38:12 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah’s wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.Genesis 50:21 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םand now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;’ and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.Exodus 13:17 · יִנָּחֵ֥םAnd it cometh to pass in Pharaoh’s sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it is near; for God said, ‘Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;’Exodus 32:12 · וְהִנָּחֵ֥םwhy do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people.Exodus 32:14 · וַיִּנָּ֖חֶםand Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.Numbers 23:19 · וְיִתְנֶחָ֑םGod is not a man—and lieth, And a son of man—and repenteth! Hath He said—and doth He not do it? And spoken—and doth He not confirm it?Deuteronomy 32:36 · יִתְנֶחָ֑םFor Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth—the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.Judges 2:18 · יִנָּחֵ֤םAnd when Jehovah raised up to them judges—then was Jehovah with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repenteth Jehovah, because of their groaning from the presence of their oppressors, and of those thrusting them away.Judges 21:6 · וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, ‘There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,Judges 21:15 · נִחָ֖םAnd the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.Ruth 2:13 · נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִיAnd she saith, ‘Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I—I am not as one of thy maid-servants.’1 Samuel 15:11 · נִחַ֗מְתִּי‘I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;’ and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.1 Samuel 15:29 · יִנָּחֵ֑ם · לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He is not a man to be penitent.’1 Samuel 15:35 · נִחָ֔םAnd Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.2 Samuel 10:2 · לְנַחֲמ֛וֹand David saith, ‘I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;’ and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.2 Samuel 10:3 · מְנַֽחֲמִ֑יםAnd the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, ‘Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?’2 Samuel 12:24 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םAnd David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,2 Samuel 13:39 · נִחַ֥םand the soul of king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for he is dead.2 Samuel 24:16 · וַיִּנָּ֤חֶםand the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand;’ and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.1 Chronicles 7:22 · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃And Ephraim their father mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to comfort him,1 Chronicles 19:2 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃and David saith, ‘I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did with me kindness;’ and David sendeth messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David come in unto the land of the sons of Ammon, unto Hanun, to comfort him,1 Chronicles 19:3 · מְנַחֲמִ֑יםand the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, ‘Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?’1 Chronicles 21:15 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםand God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand.’ And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,Job 2:11 · וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place—Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;Job 7:13 · תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיWhen I said, ‘My bed doth comfort me,’ He taketh away in my talking my couch.Job 16:2 · מְנַחֲמֵ֖יI have heard many such things, Miserable comforters are ye all.Job 21:34 · תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִיAnd how do ye comfort me with vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?Job 29:25 · יְנַחֵֽם׃I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.Job 42:6 · וְנִחַ֑מְתִּיTherefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.Job 42:11 · וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּAnd come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold.Psalm 23:4 · יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff—they comfort me.Psalm 69:20 · וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםReproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.Psalm 71:21 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest—Thou comfortest me,Psalm 77:2 · הִנָּחֵ֣םIn a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.Psalm 86:17 · וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!Psalm 90:13 · וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗םTurn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.Psalm 106:45 · וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗םAnd remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.Psalm 110:4 · יִנָּחֵ֗םJehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, ‘Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.’Psalm 119:52 · וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽם׃I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.Psalm 119:76 · לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִיLet, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.Psalm 119:82 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, ‘When doth it comfort me?’Psalm 135:14 · יִתְנֶחָֽם׃For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself.Ecclesiastes 4:1 · מְנַחֵ֔ם · מְנַחֵֽם׃And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.Isaiah 1:24 · אֶנָּחֵ֣םTherefore—the affirmation of the Lord—Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,Isaiah 12:1 · וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃And thou hast said in that day: ‘I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.Isaiah 22:4 · לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיTherefore I said, ‘Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.’Isaiah 40:1 · נַחֲמ֥וּ · נַחֲמ֖וּComfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.Isaiah 49:13 · נִחַ֤םSing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.Isaiah 51:3 · נִחַ֨ם · נִחַם֙For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.Isaiah 51:12 · מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑םI—I am He—your comforter, Who art thou—and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man—grass he is made!Isaiah 51:19 · אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction—Famine and sword, who—I comfort thee?Isaiah 52:9 · נִחַ֤םBreak forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem, For Jehovah hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.Isaiah 54:11 · נֻחָ֑מָהO afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,Isaiah 57:6 · אֶנָּחֵֽם׃Among the smooth things of a brook is thy portion, They—they are thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?Isaiah 61:2 · לְנַחֵ֖םTo proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.Isaiah 66:13 · תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ · אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם · תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.Jeremiah 4:28 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיFor this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken—I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.Jeremiah 8:6 · נִחָם֙I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.Jeremiah 15:6 · הִנָּחֵֽם׃Thou—thou hast left Me—an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting,Jeremiah 16:7 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹNor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.Jeremiah 18:8 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.Jeremiah 18:10 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.Jeremiah 20:16 · נִחָ֑םThen hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.Jeremiah 26:3 · וְנִחַמְתִּ֣יIf so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings.Jeremiah 26:13 · וְיִנָּחֵ֣םAnd now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you.Jeremiah 26:19 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם‘Put him at all to death did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah? Did he not fear Jehovah? yea, he appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil that He spake against them; and we are doing great evil against our souls.Jeremiah 31:13 · וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔יםThen rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men—together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,Jeremiah 31:15 · לְהִנָּחֵ֥םThus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.Jeremiah 31:19 · נִחַ֔מְתִּיFor after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.Jeremiah 42:10 · נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙‘If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.Lamentations 1:2 · מְנַחֵ֖םShe weepeth sore in the night, And her tear is on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.Lamentations 1:9 · מְנַחֵ֖םHer uncleanness is in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.Lamentations 1:16 · מְנַחֵ֖םFor these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.Lamentations 1:17 · מְנַחֵם֙Spread forth hath Zion her hands, There is no comforter for her, Jehovah hath charged concerning Jacob, His neighbours are his adversaries, Jerusalem hath become impure among them.Lamentations 1:21 · מְנַחֵם֙They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done it, Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.Lamentations 2:13 · וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְWhat do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?Amos 7:3 · נִחַ֥םJehovah hath repented of this, ‘It shall not be,’ said Jehovah.Amos 7:6 · נִחַ֥םJehovah hath repented of this, ‘It also shall not be,’ said the Lord Jehovah.Jonah 3:9 · וְנִחַ֖םWho knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.’Jonah 3:10 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.Jonah 4:2 · וְנִחָ֖םand he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, ‘I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land—therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish—that I have known that Thou art a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?Nahum 3:7 · מְנַחֲמִ֖יםAnd it hath come to pass, Each of thy beholders fleeth from thee, And hath said: ‘Spoiled is Nineveh, Who doth bemoan for her?’ Whence do I seek comforters for thee?Zechariah 1:17 · וְנִחַ֨םAgain call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Again do my cities overflow from good, And Jehovah hath again comforted Zion, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.’Zechariah 8:14 · נִחָֽמְתִּי׃For, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, As I did purpose to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me wroth, Said Jehovah of Hosts, and I did not repent,Zechariah 10:2 · יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּןBecause the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, With vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.