נַעֲמָהNaʻămâh
נַעֲמָה: 1.
Pronunciation: nah-am-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5279
Meanings
sister of Tubal Cain (Genesis 4:22)
2. Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 12:13; 1 Kings 14:31)
נַעֲמָה: proper name [of a location]: city assigned to Judah in Philistine plain (Joshua 15:41)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:22 Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
- Joshua 15:41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.
- 1 Kings 14:21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
- 1 Kings 14:31 When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam became the next king.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).