2 Chronicles 12:13:282 Chr.12.13.W28TAB

נַעֲמָ֖ה

naama

Naamah

Transliteration
na-a-MA
Extended
nah-ah-MAA
IPA
/naʕăˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
Naamah

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Result
נַ + עֲ + מָ֖ה
na + a + ma
naama

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-a-MA

  2. clause

    KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT

  3. sentence

    va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT

Exegesis

The final appositional phrase wə-šēm ʼimmô Naʻămāh hā-ʿammōnīt {וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַעֲמָה הָעַמֹּנִֽית | wə-šēm ʼimmô Naʻămāh hā-ʿammōnīt} underscores maternal lineage. English sentence order follows Hebrew clause structure to preserve theological emphasis.

In context2 Chronicles 12:13

And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned, for he was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen to place His Name there from among all the tribes of Israel. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 12:13:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of 2 Chronicles 12:13, so the Hebrew word נַעֲמָ֖ה (naama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.12.13.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.13.W28.S1) and character.