Etymology?:
from nāʾam נָאַם ‘to prophesy’
Roots:
נאם
nᵊʾum n, m
1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet)
1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state)
1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)
Mentioned in Genesis 22:16 Numbers 14:28, 24:4, 24:16, 24:3, 24:15 1 Samuel 2:30 2 Samuel 23:1 2 Kings 19:33, 9:26, 22:19 Isaiah 1:24, 14:23, 19:4, 3:15, 56:8, 31:9, 66:17, 43:10, 43:12, 41:14, 37:34, 66:2, 17:6, 22:25, 49:18, 66:22, 17:3, 54:17, 14:22, 59:20, 30:1, 55:8, 52:5 Jeremiah 13:14, 16:11, 30:3, 31:32, 34:5, 4:9, 12:17, 23:1, 27:15, 31:28, 49:38, 22:16, 51:26, 30:21, 9:21, 31:27, 50:40, 27:11, 2:19, 2:22, 49:5, 50:31, 23:33, 44:29, 13:11, 31:34, 34:17, 3:14, 15:6, 46:5, 3:10, 16:16, 21:7, 31:33, 46:26, 49:6, 49:37, 50:21, 3:1, 6:12, 29:11, 31:17, 48:47, 49:39, 15:9, 31:16, 49:32, 7:32, 8:13, 8:17, 30:10, 30:17, 34:22, 46:23, 48:38, 50:20, 1:15, 23:24, 23:30, 29:32, 35:13, 39:17, 49:26, 50:30, 5:15, 3:13, 30:11, 32:30, 2:3, 15:3, 21:14, 3:20, 1:8, 16:5, 42:11, 45:5, 46:28, 1:19, 2:29, 4:1, 7:13, 9:2, 15:20, 17:24, 21:13, 25:7, 25:9, 27:22, 28:4, 29:14, 29:19, 33:14, 48:44, 49:2, 49:31, 50:35, 51:25, 3:12, 5:9, 5:29, 9:8, 9:23, 22:5, 31:36, 23:2, 23:23, 31:1, 48:35, 50:4, 5:22, 19:6, 22:24, 31:20, 31:37, 3:16, 16:14, 23:7, 23:28, 25:29, 46:18, 48:30, 7:11, 23:32, 29:23, 51:52, 23:12, 23:5, 25:12, 25:31, 32:44, 51:48, 21:10, 23:29, 7:30, 8:3, 13:25, 27:8, 51:24, 4:17, 7:19, 8:1, 9:5, 19:12, 32:5, 49:16, 51:39, 2:9, 5:18, 31:14, 31:31, 51:53, 18:6, 49:30, 5:11, 9:24, 31:38, 48:12, 48:15, 39:18, 23:11, 49:13, 51:57, 48:25, 30:8, 50:10, 29:9, 23:31, 2:12, 23:4, 48:43 Ezekiel 20:36, 20:3, 34:31, 36:14, 25:14, 37:14, 38:18, 5:11, 11:8, 11:21, 12:25, 12:28, 13:8, 13:16, 14:11, 14:14, 14:16, 14:18, 14:20, 14:23, 15:8, 16:8, 16:14, 16:19, 16:23, 16:30, 16:43, 16:48, 16:63, 17:16, 18:3, 18:9, 18:23, 18:30, 18:32, 20:31, 20:33, 20:40, 20:44, 21:12, 21:18, 22:12, 22:31, 23:34, 24:14, 26:5, 26:14, 26:21, 28:10, 29:20, 30:6, 31:18, 32:8, 32:14, 32:16, 32:31, 32:32, 33:11, 34:8, 34:15, 34:30, 35:6, 35:11, 36:15, 36:23, 36:32, 38:21, 39:5, 39:8, 39:10, 39:13, 39:20, 39:29, 43:19, 43:27, 44:12, 44:15, 44:27, 45:9, 45:15, 47:23, 48:29, 13:6, 13:7, 16:58 Hosea 2:15, 2:18, 2:23, 11:11 Joel 2:12 Amos 3:15, 9:12, 9:8, 3:13, 4:5, 6:8, 8:3, 8:9, 8:11, 4:11, 4:8, 2:11, 4:9, 6:14, 2:16, 4:6, 4:10, 3:10, 9:7, 4:3, 9:13 Obadiah 1:8, 1:4 Micah 5:9, 4:6 Nahum 2:14, 3:5 Zephaniah 1:3, 1:2, 3:8, 2:9, 1:10 Haggai 2:9, 2:17, 1:9, 1:13, 2:14, 2:4, 2:23, 2:8 Zechariah 1:4, 3:9, 5:4, 11:6, 12:1, 8:17, 3:10, 1:3, 1:16, 8:6, 2:9, 8:11, 2:10, 13:2, 13:8, 12:4, 13:7, 2:14, 10:12 Malachi 1:2 Psalms 110:1, 36:2 Proverbs 30:1 2 Chronicles 34:27