Naamah
(Heb. Naamah’, , pleasant), the name of two women and also of a place.
1. (Sept. ; Josephus, , Ant. 1:2, 2.) The daughter of the Cainite Lamech and Zillah, and the sister of Tubal-cain (Gen 4:22). B.C. cir. 3549. The family was one of inventors; and as few women are named, the Jewish commentators ascribe suitable inventions to each of them. Naamah is affirmed by them to have invented the spinning of wool and making of cloth. In the Targum of pseudo-Jonathan, Naamah is commemorated as the “mistress of lamenters and singers;” and in the Samaritan Version her name is given as Zalkipha. According to others she was distinguished merely by her beauty (see Kalisch, Genesis, page 149). Hence some have unduly pressed the coincidence with Venus the consort of Vulcan, or with certain Syrian mythologies (Bunsen, Aegyptens Stelle [Goth. and Hamb. 1845-57], 1:344 sq.).
2. (Sept. , , v.r. , ,, Nacavav, etc.; Josephus, , Ant. 8:8, 9.) An Ammonitess, the only one of the numierous wives of Solomon that appears to have borne him a son. She was the mother of Rehoboam (q.v.), and probably queen dowager (1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31; 2Ch 12:13). B.C. 973. She must consequently have been one of those foreign women whom Solomon took for wives and concubines, and among.whom Ammonites are expressly mentioned (1Ki 11:1). The Vatican copy of the Septuagint calls her “the daughter of Ana, the son of Nahash ” but this, besides being wanting in the Hebrew, is part of a long passage which is not found either in the Hebrew or in the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint, and is therefore of no authority.
3. (Sept. v.r. ), a city in the plain of Judah, mentioned between Beth-dagon and Makkedah (Jos 15:41). The associated names indicate a locality much west of Hebron. SEE JUDAH, TRIBE OF. The requirements correspond tolerably well with that of a modern village marked by Van de Velde on his Map as Naamah, two miles S.E. of Ascalon (2d. ed. N’aliah, three miles); but Capt. Warren (in the Quar. Statement of the “Pal. Explor. Fund,” April, 1871, p. 91) suggests Vaaemeh, six miles N.E. of Yebna (Van de Velde, Naamy, six miles N. by E.). SEE NAAMATHITE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Naamah (2)
Na’aneh, the latest proposed representative of this place, is merely described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (2:408) as “a small mud village on low ground.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Naamah
the beautiful. (1.) The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Gen. 4: 22).
(2.) The daughter of the king of Ammon, one of the wives of Solomon, the only one who appears to have borne him a son, viz., Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21, 31).
(3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na’aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Naamah
(“sweetness”.)
1. Lamech’s daughter by Zillah (Gen 4:22). The refinement and luxury of Cain’s descendants appear in the names of their wives and daughters; as Naamah, Adah (“beauty”), Zillah (“shadow”). Naamah is associated with her brother Tubal-cain, the first worker in brass and iron.
2. The Ammonitess mother of Rehoboam (1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31; 2Ch 12:13), one of Solomon’s “strange women” (1Ki 11:1). The Vat. Septuagint makes Naamah daughter of Ana or Hanun, son of Nahash; thus David’s war with Hanun terminated in a re-alliance, and Solomon’s marriage to Naamah would be about two years before David’s death, for Rehoboam the offspring of it was 41 on ascending the throne, and Solomon’s reign was 40 years.
3. A town in the “low hill country” of Judah (the shephelah): Jos 15:41.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Naamah
NAAMAH.1. Sister of Tubal-cain (Gen 4:22). 2. Mother of Rehoboam (1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31, 2Ch 12:13). 3. A town of Judah in the Shephlah (Jos 15:37-41). There is no notice of it elsewhere. Zophar the Naamathite is mentioned in Job (Job 2:11 etc.), but there is nothing to connect him with this town. Possibly we may identify Naamah with Naneh, a small mud village on low ground 6 miles south of Ludd (Lydda).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Naamah
NAAMAH. There are two of this name in Scripture. Naamah, the daughter of Lamech, (Gen 4:22) and Naamah the wife of Solomon, an Ammonitess, (1Ki 14:21) The same signification as Naaon, beautiful.
NAAMAH. A city of Judah. (Jos 15:41)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Naamah (1)
na-a-ma. (, naamah, pleasant; , Noema):
(1) Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (Gen 4:22; compare Josephus, Ant., I, ii, 2).
(2) An Ammonitish woman whom Solomon married, and who became the mother of Rehoboam 1Ki 14:21; 2Ch 12:13. According to an addition in the Septuagint following 1Ki 12:24, her name was Naaman, the daughter of Ana (Hanun) son of Nahash, king of the sons of Ammon (see Benzinger, Konige, in loc.).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Naamah (2)
(1) One of a group of 16 lowland (Shephelah) cities forming part of Judah’s inheritance Jos 15:41.
(2) The home of Zophar, one of Job’s friends (Job 2:11, etc.). See NAAMATHITE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Naamah
Naamah, 1
Naamah (pleasant), daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (Gen 4:22).
Naamah, 2
Naamah, an Ammonitess, one of the wives of Solomon, and mother of Rehoboam (1Ki 14:21).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Naamah
[Na’amah]
1. Daughter of Lamech, a descendant of Cain. Gen 4:22.
2. An Ammonitess, wife of Solomon and mother of Rehoboam. 1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31; 2Ch 12:13.
3. City in the lowlands of Judah. Jos 15:41. Identified with Naaneh, 31 52′ N, 34 52′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Naamah
H5279
1. Sister of Tubal-Cain
Gen 4:22
2. A wife of Solomon and mother of King Rehoboam
1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31; 2Ch 12:13
3. A city of Judah
Jos 15:41
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Naamah
Na’amah. (loveliness).
1. One of the four women, whose names are preserved, in the records of the world, before the flood; all, except Eve, being Cainites. Site was daughter of Lamech, by his wife Zillah, and sister, as is expressly mentioned to Tubal-cain, Gen 4:22 only. (B.C. about 3550).
2. Mother of King Rehoboam. 1Ki 14:21; 1Ki 14:31; 2Ch 12:13. In each of these passages, she is distinguished by the title, “the (not ‘an,’ as in Authorized Version), Ammonite.” She was, therefore, one of the foreign women, whom Solomon took into his establishment. 1Ki 11:1. (B.C. 1015-975).
3. One of the towns of Judah, in the district of the lowland or Shefelah. Jos 15:41. Capt. Warren, in Report of Palestine Exploration Fund, 1871, locates it at Naameh, six miles northeast of Yebna.