a.rev describes something being welcome or gratifying, including sleep, realized desire, meditation, and offerings.

The attested use describes something as welcome, gratifying, or acceptable to a person or recipient: sleep is pleasant in Jeremiah 31:26 and sweet in Proverbs 3:24, realized desire pleases the soul in Proverbs 13:19, meditation is requested to be pleasing in Psalm 104:34, and offerings or sacrifices are evaluated as acceptable or pleasing in Jeremiah 6:20 and Malachi 3:4. Ezekiel 16:37 places the same verb in the statement that pleasure was found with lovers.

1. Being welcome or gratifying · dominant

   Across the supplied Qal forms, the verb marks what brings pleasure or meets with acceptance. In Jeremiah 31:26 and Proverbs 3:24 the APB renders sleep as “pleasant” and “sweet”; in Proverbs 13:19 it renders a realized desire as pleasing the soul, while Psalm 104:34 asks that meditation be “pleasing to him.” In Jeremiah 6:20 and Malachi 3:4 the APB presents sacrifices or an offering as not acceptable or as pleasing, and Ezekiel 16:37 speaks of finding pleasure with lovers.

   Ezekiel 16:37Jeremiah 31:26Jeremiah 6:20Malachi 3:4Proverbs 13:19Proverbs 3:24Psalm 104:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the verb’s context with “pleasure,” “pleasant,” “acceptable,” “pleasing,” and “sweet” across the verses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses’ favorable evaluation without assigning each English term mechanically to the lemma.