Hebrew word · H5279

נַעֲמָה

na'amah

Naamah

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; married to Solomon (H8010);

mother of: Rehoboam (H7346)

§ Naamah = "loveliness"

1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood

2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah

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

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 4:22 נַֽעֲמָֽה׃ Naamah

    And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 15:41 וְנַעֲמָ֖ה and Naamah

    Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.

    Here: From the root n-'-m, 'to be pleasant, lovely'. It is a pleasing-sounding name, perhaps describing the place's setting. The same word appears elsewhere as a woman's name. No one has securely identified the site.

1 Kings · 2

  1. 1 Kings 14:21 נַעֲמָ֖ה [was] Naamah

    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.

  2. 1 Kings 14:31 נַעֲמָ֖ה [was] Naamah

    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: Her name means 'pleasant, lovely'. She is one of Solomon's wives and the only one whose name Kings records.

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:13 נַעֲמָ֖ה [was] Naamah

    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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: Means 'pleasant, lovely'. She was one of Solomon's wives.

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