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נָעֵם (nâʻêm) v (naw-ame')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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נָעֵם ] vb. be pleasant, delightful, lovely;— Qal Pf. 3 fs.

נָעֵ֑מָה Gn 49:15 (poem in J; of land); 2 ms. (of delightful friend)

נָעַ֥מְתָּ לִי מְאֹד 2 S 1:26, also (of physical beauty)

מִמִּי נָעָ֑מְתָּ Ez 32:19; 2 fs. ( id.)

וּמַה־נָּעַמְתְּ Ct 7:7 how lovely art thou!; 3 pl., of pleasant words, 

נָעֵ֑מוּ   ψ 141:6; Impf. 3ms

יִנְעָ֑ם : Pr 2:10 (of knowledge); 9:17; 24:25 is impers. c.

ל , to them ... shall be delight.

Appears in a total of 8 verses:

PRO 9:17

OET-LV: 17 Waters stolen they_are_sweet and_bread_of secret_places it_is_pleasant. (PRO_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 “Stolen drinks are sweet,
 ⇔ ≈ and secret food tastes good.” (PRO 9:17)

SA2 1:26

OET-LV: 26 It_is_distress to_me on_you my_brother/kindred Yōnātān you_were_pleasant to/for_me very love_of_your it_was_wonderful to_me more_than_the_love_of women. (SA2_1:26)

OET-RV:  ⇔  26 I grieve for you my dear friend Yonatan.
 ⇔ You were so kind to me.
 ⇔ Your friendship meant more to me than the women who say they love me. (SA2 1:26)

PRO 2:10

OET-LV: 10 If/because wisdom it_will_come in_heart_of_your and_knowledge to_self_of_your it_will_be_pleasant. (PRO_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 because wisdom will enter into your mind
 ⇔ ≈ and knowledge will give you pleasure. (PRO 2:10)

SNG 7:7

OET-LV: 7  how you_are_beautiful and_how you_are_lovely Oh_love with_delights. (SNG_7:7)

OET-RV: 7 You’re tall like a palm tree,
 ⇔ and your breasts like its clusters of dates. (SNG 7:7)

GEN 49:15

OET-LV: 15 And_he/it_saw a_resting_place if/because_that it_was_good and_DOM the_earth/land if/because_that it_was_pleasant and_he_bent_down shoulder_of_his to_carry_a_load and_he/it_was (into)_forced_labour_of labouring. (GEN_49:15)

OET-RV: 15 He’ll see that his resting place is good
 ⇔ and that the land is pleasant.
 ⇔ He’ll strain his shoulders to carry a burden.
 ⇔ ≈ He’ll be forced to labour for others. (GEN 49:15)

PRO 24:25

OET-LV: 25 And_to_who_rebuke_him it_will_be_pleasant and_on_them blessing_of it_will_come good_thing[s]. (PRO_24:25)

OET-RV: 25 However, those who convict the guilty will be admired,
 ⇔ → and they’ll be blessed by good things happening. (PRO 24:25)

EZE 32:19

OET-LV: 19 More_than_whom are_you_lovely go_down and_be_laid with uncircumcised_men. (EZE_32:19)

OET-RV: 19 Ask them: Egypt, are you really more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and lie down with the uncircumcised. (EZE 32:19)

PSA 141:6

OET-LV: 6 They_have_been_thrown_down at_the_hands_of a_rock judges_of_their and_they_will_hear words/messages_of_my if/because_that they_are_pleasant. (PSA_141:6)

OET-RV: 6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs,
 ⇔ the people will listen to my words because they’re pleasant. (PSA 141:6)

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