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Genesis 6:6

וַ יִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה כִּי עָשָׂה אֶת הָ אָדָם בָּ אָרֶץ וַ יִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל לִבֹּו
And Yahweh is being consoled,234 for he has made אֶת-the Red-one in the Earth, and he is paining himself235 toward his heart.236
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Strong’s #5162, nacham. To console, comfort. This can’t imply both comfort and sorrow. That’s a contradiction of definitions. In this passage the two instances are in the Niphal reflexive = being comforted, consoled.