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title: נַעֲמָה — Naamah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַעֲמָה (5279), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Naamah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַעֲמָה

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«נַעֲמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naamah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 5279 · **BDB:** נַעֲמָה

### Glosses

\[was\].Naamah (3); Naamah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naamah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5279/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5279/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. sister of Tubal Cain Gn 4:22 𝔊 Νοεμα, 𝔊L Νοεμμα. Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam 1 K 14:21 𝔊 Μααχαμ, A Νααμα, 𝔊L Ναανα = 2 Ch 12:13, 𝔊 Νοομμα, 𝔊L Νααμα; also 1 K 14:31 but prob. gloss (om. 𝔊B, 𝔊L, etc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַעֲמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5279/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.22/)

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וְצִלָּ֣ה גַם־הִ֗וא יָֽלְדָה֙ אֶת־תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן לֹטֵ֕שׁ כָּל־חֹרֵ֥שׁ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וַֽאֲח֥וֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִןתּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Zillah also she she.bore (et) Tubal-Cain Tubal-Cain a.sharpener of.every worker of.bronze and iron and.\[was\] the.sister of Tubal-Cain Naamah

*JPS 1917:* And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

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[1 Kings 14:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.31/)

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב רְחַבְעָ֜ם עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר עִם־אֲבֹתָיו֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔ד וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲבִיָּ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.lay.down Rehoboam with ancestors his and he.was.buried with ancestors his in the.city of.David and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Naamah the.Ammonite \[woman\] and he.became.king Abijam son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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