5279. Na'amah

Berean Strong's Lexicon

Na'amah: Naamah

Original Word: נַעֲמָה
Part of Speech: proper name, feminine ; proper name, of a location
Transliteration: Na'amah
Pronunciation: nah-ah-MAH
Phonetic Spelling: (nah-am-aw')
Definition: Naamah
Meaning: Naamah

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root נָעֵם (na'am), meaning "to be pleasant" or "to be delightful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew name Naamah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew genealogies and narratives.

Usage: Naamah is a proper noun used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible. The name means "pleasant" or "lovely," reflecting a sense of beauty or delight.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, names often carried significant meaning and were sometimes indicative of a person's character or destiny. Naamah, as a name, suggests a person of pleasantness or beauty. The name appears in genealogical and narrative contexts, indicating its use in familial and historical records.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. נַעֲמָה proper name, feminine 1. sister of Tubal Cain Genesis 4:22 ᵐ5 Νοεμα, ᵐ5^L Νοεμμα.

2 Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam 1 Kings 14:21 ᵐ5 Μααχαμ, A Νααμα, ᵐ5^L Ναανα = 2 Chronicles 12:13, ᵐ5 Νοομμα, ᵐ5^L Νααμα; also 1 Kings 14:31 but probably gloss (omitted by ᵐ5^B, ᵐ5^L, etc.).

II. נַעֲמָה proper name, of a location city assigned to Judah in Philistine plain Joshua 15:41; ᵐ5 Νωμαν, A Νωμα, ᵐ5^L Νομα.

נַעֲמִי see below

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Naamah

Feminine of Na'am; pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine -- Naamah.

see HEBREW Na'am

Forms and Transliterations

וְנַעֲמָ֖ה ונעמה נַֽעֲמָֽה׃ נַעֲמָ֖ה נעמה נעמה׃ na‘ămāh na·‘ă·māh NaaMah venaaMah wə·na·‘ă·māh wəna‘ămāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 4:22
HEB: תּֽוּבַל־ קַ֖יִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃
NAS: of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
KJV: of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
INT: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah

Joshua 15:41
HEB: בֵּית־ דָּג֥וֹן וְנַעֲמָ֖ה וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים
NAS: Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah;
KJV: Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah;
INT: and Gederoth Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah cities

1 Kings 14:21
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃
NAS: name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
KJV: name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
INT: name and his mother's was Naamah the Ammonitess

1 Kings 14:31
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
NAS: name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
KJV: name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
INT: name and his mother's was Naamah the Ammonitess became

2 Chronicles 12:13
HEB: וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃
NAS: name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
KJV: name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
INT: name and his mother's was Naamah the Ammonitess

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5279
5 Occurrences

na·‘ă·māh — 4 Occ.
wə·na·‘ă·māh — 1 Occ.