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Ναµµα , Ö L Ναανα = 2 Ch 12:1 3, Ö Νοοµµα , Ö L Νααµα ; also 1 K 14:31 but prob. gloss (om. Ö B , Ö L , etc.).

II . נַעֲמָה S 5279 GK 5841, 5842 n.pr.loc. city assigned to Judah in Philist. plain Jos 15:41 ; Ö Νωµαν , A Νωµα , Ö L Νοµα .

נַעֲמִי S 5280 GK 5844 v. infr.

נָעֳמִי S 5281 GK 5843 n.pr.f. mother-in-law of Ruth, Ru 1:2 , 3 , 8 + 18 times Ru Ö B Νωεµειν ; A Νωεµµειν 1: 2, Νοεµµειν v 3, usually Νοοµει(ν) ; Ö L Νοοµι .

I . [ נַעֲמָן S 5282, 5283 TWOT 1384c GK 5845, 5846 ] n. [ m. ] usually pleasantness (so Thes amoenitas ), but perhaps epithet of Adonis ( so Mo Phoen. i. 227 Lag Symm . i. 468; Semit. i. 32 who cp. red flower called شقاى˜ق النعمان ( šq˒˒q ˒ln˓m˒n ) [ v.

Lane 1578], i.e. wound of Adonis , whence ἀνεµώνη ; cf. Ew Proph. i. 364 RS Proph. vi. n. 10 and v. Lewy Fremdwörter , 49 ) ;—only pl. נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים Is 7:10 Ö φύτευµα ἄπιστον ) perhaps = Adonis-plantations , or gardens (on double pl. v. Ges § 124 q; and on Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι v. Rochette

Rev. Archéol. viii. 1851, 105–123 Daremberg et Saglio Dict. des Antiquités (1877), i. 73, and reff. WSmith Dict. Antiq. (3) i. 25 Fl in Levy NHWB iv. 229).

II . נַעֲמָן S 5282, 5283 TWOT 1384c GK 5845, 584616 n.pr.m. 1. son of Benj. Gn 46:21 , Ö Νοεµ(µ)αν ; = grandson of Benj. Nu 26:40 (×2), Ö Νοεµα(νει) , 1 Ch 8:4 , 7 (so Ö Gn 46:21 ), Ö in Ch Νοοµα , Ö L Ναµει, Νααµαν . 2. Aramaean general 2 K 5:1 , 2 , 6 + 8 times 2 K 5 ; Ö Ναιµαν , Ö L Νεεµαν .

נַעֲמִי S 5280 GK 5844 adj. gent. from II. נַעֲמָן 1, Nu 26:4 0, read doubtless

נעמני (so Sam. ).

Mo F. E. Movers. Lag P. de Lagarde.

Symm Symmachus. RS W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel. Lewy H. Lewy, Semitische Fremdwörter im Griechischen .

NHWB Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb . Sam. Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel).


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