Today’s name is nech•mad, which means nice. It is derived from the root, CHA.MA.D, which means ‘to desire,’ ‘to like,’ but also ‘to covet.’ You can use the word just as you use the English word ‘nice.’ If you want to say ‘very nice’ about something or someone, just remember to add ‘meod’ (very) after ‘nech•mad.’
Just like in English, the title, ‘nechmad’ ‘nice,’ may be attached to almost anything and can also mean cute, lovable, sweet, desired, pleasing, pleasant and more. Therefore, the biblical translations of this word may vary from verse to verse.
We meet nech•mad in the second chapter of the Bible:
“And out of the ground made the Lord God every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil”
Here is another example where the simple word ‘nice,’ ‘nech•mad,’ received a different meaning because of the liberty the translator has taken:
“Costly things and oil are treasured in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up”
In fact, instead of ‘costly things,’ the Hebrew text simply says ‘a nice treasure.’
We find nech•mad once in the new Testament where it is translated as ‘lovely’:
“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.”
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