Word Study · Strong's H5281 · Hebrew
נׇעֳמִי
Noomi
no-om-ee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Noʻŏmîy
“Noomi, an Israelitess”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Noomi, an Israelitess
Rendered in the KJV as
Naomi.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- נָעֳמִ֑י3
- נָעֳמִ֔י3
- נָעֳמִ֗י3
- נָעֳמִ֜י2
- נָעֳמִי֙2
- נָעֳמִ֖י2
- נָעֳמִֽי׃2
- וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י1
- לְנָעֳמִ֑י1
- נָעֳמִ֣י1
- נָעֳמִ֤י1
How it is rendered · 4
- Naomi18
- [was] Naomi1
- and [belonged] to Naomi1
- to Naomi1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)19
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 19
- HC/R/Npf · 1
- HR/Npf · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ruth21 occurrences
- Ruth 1:2נָעֳמִ֜יnoomiproper noun (a name)The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.here: [was] Naomi
- Ruth 1:3נָעֳמִ֑יnoomiproper noun (a name)Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:8נָעֳמִי֙noomiproper noun (a name)Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:11נָעֳמִי֙noomiproper noun (a name)But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:19נָעֳמִֽי׃noomiproper noun (a name)So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:20נָעֳמִ֑יnoomiproper noun (a name)“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:21נָעֳמִ֔יnoomiproper noun (a name)I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”here: Naomi
- Ruth 1:22נָעֳמִ֗יnoomiproper noun (a name)So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.here: Naomi
- Ruth 2:1וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞יulenoomiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.here: and [belonged] to Naomi
- Ruth 2:2נָעֳמִ֗יnoomiproper noun (a name)And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.here: Naomi
- Ruth 2:6נָעֳמִ֖יnoomiproper noun (a name)The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.here: Naomi
- Ruth 2:20נָעֳמִ֜יnoomiproper noun (a name)Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”here: Naomi
- Ruth 2:20נָעֳמִ֗יnoomiproper noun (a name)Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”here: Naomi
- Ruth 2:22נָעֳמִ֖יnoomiproper noun (a name)And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”here: Naomi
- Ruth 3:1נָעֳמִ֣יnoomiproper noun (a name)One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:3נָעֳמִ֔יnoomiproper noun (a name)And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:5נָעֳמִ֑יnoomiproper noun (a name)Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:9נָעֳמִֽי׃noomiproper noun (a name)At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:14נָעֳמִ֔יnoomiproper noun (a name)Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:16נָעֳמִ֤יnoomiproper noun (a name)And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.here: Naomi
- Ruth 4:17לְנָעֳמִ֑יlenoomipreposition + proper noun (a name)The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.here: to Naomi