נְאֻם

ne.umNoun (Masculine)H5002

utterance

From: from H5001 (נָאַם);

Short Definition

an oracle

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

341 times

Appears 341 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Jeremiah
164
Ezk
83
Isaiah
23
Amos
21
Zechariah
16

Key Passages

  • 1 Samuel 2:30
  • Ezk 26:5
  • Isaiah 54:17
  • Jeremiah 29:23
  • Jeremiah 49:37

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.