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title: נַעֲמָן — Naaman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַעֲמָן (5283), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Naaman. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַעֲמָן

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«נַעֲמָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naaman** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 5283 · **BDB:** נַעֲמָן²

### Glosses

Naaman (14); of.Naaman (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naaman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5283/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5283/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Benj. Gn 46:21, 𝔊 Νοεμ(μ)αν; = grandson of Benj. Nu 26:40(×2), 𝔊 Νοεμα(νει), 1 Ch 8:4, 7 (so 𝔊 Gn 46:21), 𝔊 in Ch Νοομα, 𝔊L Ναμει, Νααμαν. Aramaean general 2 K 5:1, 2, 6 + 8 times 2 K 5; 𝔊 Ναιμαν, 𝔊L Νεεμαν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 «נַעֲמָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5283/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.4/)

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וַאֲבִישׁ֥וּעַ וְנַעֲמָ֖ן וַאֲחֽוֹחַ׃

*Word for word:* and Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah

*JPS 1917:* and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah;

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[Numbers 26:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.40/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־בֶ֖לַע אַ֣רְדְּ וְנַעֲמָ֑ן מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הָֽאַרְדִּ֔י לְנַֽעֲמָ֔ן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽנַּעֲמִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.descendants of.Bela Ard and Naaman the.clan of the.Ardite\[s\] of Naaman the.clan of the.Naamanite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

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