nāḥam נָחַם ‘to comfort’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
a primitive root
nāḥam v
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
Mentioned in Genesis 37:35, 6:6, 6:7, 5:29, 24:67, 27:42, 50:21, 38:12 Exodus 32:12, 13:17, 32:14 Numbers 23:19 Deuteronomy 32:36 Judges 21:6, 2:18, 21:15 1 Samuel 15:35, 15:29, 15:11 2 Samuel 10:2, 10:3, 13:39, 12:24, 24:16 Isaiah 1:24, 61:2, 54:11, 51:12, 22:4, 66:13, 57:6, 40:1, 12:1, 49:13, 52:9, 51:3, 51:19 Jeremiah 16:7, 4:28, 31:13, 26:3, 15:6, 31:19, 8:6, 31:15, 20:16, 26:13, 26:19, 42:10, 18:10, 18:8 Ezekiel 14:23, 24:14, 32:31, 14:22, 5:13, 31:16, 16:54 Joel 2:14, 2:13 Amos 7:6, 7:3 Jonah 3:9, 4:2, 3:10 Nahum 3:7 Zechariah 8:14, 10:2, 1:17 Psalms 77:3, 86:17, 69:21, 119:82, 119:76, 23:4, 110:4, 106:45, 71:21, 135:14, 119:52, 90:13 Job 29:25, 42:11, 2:11, 21:34, 16:2, 7:13, 42:6 Ruth 2:13 Lamentations 1:2, 1:9, 1:16, 1:21, 1:17, 2:13 Ecclesiastes 4:1 1 Chronicles 7:22, 19:2, 19:3, 21:15