Words the Bible translates as pleasant
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- ḥemdahחֶמְדָּהdesire, and the precious or delightful thing that desire fixes on
- na'imנָעִיםlovely, sweet, delightful: pleasing to the senses and the heart, giving genuine delight
- shashu'aשַׁעֲשֻׁעִיםdelight: the fond, repeated pleasure someone takes in a person or thing, and the cherished person or thing itself
- na'emנָעֵםto be delightful: to be lovely, sweet, or agreeable, giving real pleasure to the person who experiences it
- ta'anugתַּעֲנוּגexquisite pleasure that comes of being pampered: the delight of soft, indulgent treatment, and whatever gives that delight
- arevעָרֵבpleasing to take in: sweet on the tongue or lovely to the ear, named for the pleasure it gives the one receiving it
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