Lexical Definition

‎נַעֲמָה‎ Naʻămâh (nah-am-aw') Naamah ^N:N-F-P
feminine of ‎נַעַם‎; pleasantness

Naamah.

• § Naamah = "loveliness"
• Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine

n pr f
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
n pr f loc
3) a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia

Extended Information

• a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נַעֲמָה‎

proper name, feminine 1. sister of Tubal Cain Gen 4:22 ᵐ5 Νοεμα, ᵐ5^L Νοεμμα.

2. Ammonitess, mother of Rehoboam 1Kgs 14:21 ᵐ5 Μααχαμ, A Νααμα, ᵐ5^L Ναανα = 2Chr 12:13, ᵐ5 Νοομμα, ᵐ5^L Νααμα; also 1Kgs 14:31 but probably gloss (omitted by ᵐ5^B, ᵐ5^L, etc.).

II. ‎נַעֲמָה‎ proper name, of a location city assigned to Judah in Philistine plain Josh 15:41 ᵐ5 Νωμαν, A Νωμα, ᵐ5^L Νομα. ‎נַעֲמִי‎ see below

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Naamah • A town in the Judean lowlands

Naamah was a town in the Judean lowlands, mentioned in the tribal allotment of Judah.

• A location only mentioned at Jos.15.41;
• only referred to as Naamah נַעֲמָה.
  

Naamah was a town in the Judean lowlands, also known as the Shephelah (Josh. 15:41). It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the list of towns allotted to the tribe of Judah. The exact location of Naamah is unknown, but it was situated in the western foothills of Judah, between the coastal plain and the Judean mountains.

All entries for Naamah: נַעֲמָה