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Naamah

Meaning: the beautiful

The name of two biblical women and one city...

  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 southeast of Makkedah.