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Naamah
NAAMAH (nā'a-ma, Heb. na‘ămâh, pleasant). The feminine of Naam and the name of:
1. A daughter of Lamech and Zillah (
2. A woman of Ammon, wife of Solomon, and mother of Rehoboam (
3. A town mentioned in
4. Possibly a town in north Arabia. In
NAAMAH nā’ ə mə (נַֽעֲמָֽה, for forms in LXX see below); means pleasant, delightful, sweet.
1. Of the descendants of Cain, a daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and brother of Tubalcain (
2. Ammonitess wife of Solomon and mother of Rehoboam. It is clear that Solomon’s illegal marriage with her caused in part Judah’s disaffection from Yahweh and his introduction of high places, pillars, Asherim and male cult prostitutes (
3. A city in the Shephelah in Judah’s inheritance and in the same group with Lachish, Eglon and Makkedon. Accordingly, it prob. is identical not to modern Na’neh six m. S of Lydda (NBD, 858) but to Khirbet Fared nearby to ’Araq Na’aman. Zopher was a Naamathite, the adjectival form of Naamah, but there is no certainty that this is the same Naamah (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
na’-a-ma. (na`amah, "pleasant"; Noema):
(1) Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (
(2) An Ammonitish woman whom Solomon married, and who became the mother of Rehoboam (
(1) One of a group of 16 lowland (Shephelah) cities forming part of Judah’s inheritance (
(2) The home of Zophar, one of Job’s friends (
See Naamathite.