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title: נׇעֳמִי — Naomi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נׇעֳמִי (5281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Naomi. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נׇעֳמִי

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«נׇעֳמִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naomi** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5281 · **BDB:** נָעֳמִי

### Glosses

Naomi (17); of.Naomi (3); \[was\].Naomi (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naomi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. mother-in-law of Ruth, Ru 1:2, 3, 8 + 18 times Ru; 𝔊B Νωεμειν; A Νωεμμειν 1:2, Νοεμμειν v 3, usually Νοομει(ν); 𝔊L Νοομι.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «נׇעֳמִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.3/)

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וַיָּ֥מָת אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ נָעֳמִ֑י וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר הִ֖יא וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Elimelech the.husband of.Naomi and she.was.left she and the.two sons her

*JPS 1917:* And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

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[Ruth 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.1/)

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וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מוֹדַ֣ע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Naomi a.relative of husband her a.man mighty of.wealth from the.clan of.Elimelech and name his \[was\].Boaz

*JPS 1917:* And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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