Hebrew word · H5277

נָ֑עַם

vana'am

Naam

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.15;

son of: Caleb (H3612);

brother of: Achsah (H5915), Iru (H5900) and Elah (H0425J)

§ Naam = "pleasantness"

one of the sons of Caleb and grandson of Jephunneh

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:15 וָנָ֑עַם and Naam

    The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

    Here: Third son. The name is built on the root for "pleasant, lovely," as in Naomi and Naaman.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.