Word Study · Strong's H5279 · Hebrew
נַעֲמָה
Naamah
nah-am-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Naʻămâh
“Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Naamah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- נַעֲמָ֖ה3
- וְנַעֲמָ֖ה1
- נַֽעֲמָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- [was] Naamah3
- and Naamah1
- Naamah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpf · 4
- HC/Npl · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 14:21נַעֲמָ֖הnaamahproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned 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 all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.here: [was] Naamah
- 1 Kings 14:31נַעֲמָ֖הnaamahproper noun (a name)And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.here: [was] Naamah