lovely
na.eh describes what is fitting in a setting or attractive in personal and physical description.
The adjective most often marks what is suitable or fitting—especially praise for the upright and conduct or status appropriate to its subject. It also describes attractive personal appearance or a person characterized as lovely in the Song passages and Jeremiah.
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Suitable or fitting in context · common
In Psalm 33:1 and Psalm 147:1, the feminine singular absolute adjective occurs in clauses about praise, and the APB renders praise as “fitting.” In Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 19:10, and Proverbs 26:1, it marks speech, luxury, or glory as not fitting or not lovely for a fool; the last verse frames that mismatch through the comparison of snow in summer and rain in harvest.
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Attractive personal description · common
In Song of Songs 2:14 and Song of Songs 4:3, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in address or description of the beloved's appearance; the APB renders the appearance “delightful” and the mouth “lovely.” Jeremiah 6:2 uses the feminine singular absolute form for the daughter of Zion, while Song of Songs 1:5 and Song of Songs 6:4 place feminine forms in personal description; the APB's wording does not always isolate the adjective's individual contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with “fitting,” “lovely,” and “delightful,” while some descriptive contexts are not individually represented in the translation. Those renderings show the verse context rather than fixed English equivalents for each occurrence.