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Naamah (Hebrew: נַעֲמָה – Naʿămā) is mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22, as a descendant of Cain. She was the only mentioned daughter of Lamech and Zillah and their youngest mentioned child; her brother was Tubal-cain , while Jabal and Jubal were her half-brothers, sons of Lamech's other wife Adah.
Nov 3, 2020 · Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah” (Genesis 4: 22). From the Kennicott Bible, 1476, the Bodleian Library, Oxford In the same midrash that mentions the marriage of Naamah, sister of Tubal-Cain, to Noah, the sages also give two seemingly contradictory origins of Naamah’s name.
Naamah is one of only three women included in the genealogies of the early chapters of Genesis. Those lists of names serve the literary purpose of expanding the world’s population from the primal pair (Eve and Adam) to the populated territories of the known world that form the backdrop to the emergence of the Israelite ancestors (Sarah and Abraham) at the end of Genesis 11.
Naamah (loveliness).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 (Genesis 4:22) only.
Naamah’s story: the basic facts. Her husband Solomon reigned over Judah from about 962-922BC; her son Rehoboam from 922-915BC. She was a princess from Ammon, a state east of Jerusalem; the Ammonites were traditional enemies of Judah. She bore Rehoboam (who was inept) to Solomon (who was shrewd), and lived in Solomon’s large harem in Jerusalem.
Naamah is one of only three females included in the genealogies of the early chapters of Genesis. Those lists of names serve the literary purpose of expanding the world’s population from the primal pair (Eve and Adam) to the populated territories of the known world that form the backdrop to the emergence of the Israelite ancestors (Sarah and Abraham) at the end of Genesis 11.
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 ( Gen 4:22, LXX Νοεμα, LXX Lucian Νοεμμα ). She is the only daughter named in the lineage of either Cain or Abel ( Gen 4:17-5:32 ). 2.
