<strong>NAARAH</strong> (nā'a-ra, Heb. <em>na‘ărâh, girl</em>)<br /><br />

One of the wives of Ashhur, the father of Tekoa (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.5-1Chr.4.6">1Chr.4.5-1Chr.4.6</bibleref>).A place on the border of Ephraim (<bibleref ref="Josh.16.7">Josh.16.7</bibleref>).

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<strong>NAARAH</strong> <strong>nā’ ə rə</strong> (<span class="hebrew">נַעֲרָ֑תָה</span>, <span class="hebrew">נַעֲרָ֔ן</span>; <em>girl</em>). NAARATH, nā’răth (<bibleref ref="Josh.16.7">Josh 16:7</bibleref> KJV); NAARAN, nā’răn (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.28">1 Chron 7:28</bibleref> KJV, ASV, RSV). 1. One of the two wives of Ashur, a man of Judah, who bore him four sons (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.5">1 Chron 4:5</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.4.6">6</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. A city listed as marking part of the border of Ephraim (<bibleref ref="Josh.16.7">Josh 16:7</bibleref>), but prob. just inside the border, for <bibleref ref="1Chr.7.28">1 Chronicles 7:28</bibleref> mentions it (Naaran) as belonging to Ephraim. It is listed immediately before Jericho in the border description indicating proximity of location. Tell el-Gisr, just below the springs, “’Ain Duq” and “’Ain Nu ’eimeh” at the foot of the Judean hills, a short distance NW of Jericho, is the most likely site. These springs qualify as “waters of Jericho” lying E of the border (<bibleref ref="Josh.16.1">Josh 16:1</bibleref>). A note from Josephus (Antiq. XVII. xiii. 1) says that Archelaus, after rebuilding Jericho, “diverted half the water with which the village of Neara used to be watered,” thus locating Neara (Naarah) near Jericho and associated with a good water supply. N. Glueck, however, favors Khirbet el-’Ayash which is nearer the five m. distance from Jericho. Eusebius also mentions a city, Noorath.

<h2>Bibliography</h2>

N. Glueck, AASOR, XXV-XXVIII (1939), 412, 413; J. Simons, GTT (1959), 163, 167.<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

One of the two wives of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.5">1Ch 4:5</bibleref>).
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na`arah; Codex Vaticanus hai komai auton; Codex Alexandrinus Naaratha; the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> Naarath): A town in the territory of Ephraim (<bibleref ref="Josh.16.7">Jos 16:7</bibleref>). It appears as "Naaran" in <bibleref ref="1Chr.7.28">1Ch 7:28</bibleref> (Codex Vaticanus Naarnan; Codex Alexandrinus Naaran). Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Noorath") places it 5 Roman miles from Jericho. The name has not been recovered, and no identification is certain. The position would agree with that of el-`Aujeh, about 5 miles Northeast of Jericho.