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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

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