Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)

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Naamah (in traditional Jewish identification) is a woman mentioned in rabbinic and later Jewish sources as Noah’s wife and the mother who, alongside him, helped repopulate the world after the Flood.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Noah's wife ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
female figure in Judaism ⓘ
associatedWith Book of Genesis (Noah narrative) ⓘ
linked to: Book of Genesis

Noah's Ark ⓘ
covenant with Noah (Noahide covenant context) ⓘ
associatedWithTheme renewal of humanity ⓘ
survival ⓘ
category Noachide figure ⓘ
women in rabbinic literature ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Naamah daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:22) ⓘ
familyRole matriarch of all nations after the Flood ⓘ
functionInNarrative helped repopulate the world after the Flood ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
household Noah's family ⓘ
identifiedAs wife of Noah ⓘ
identifiedBy rabbinic tradition ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn later Jewish sources ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
motherOf Ham (traditional identification) ⓘ
linked to: Ham

Japheth (traditional identification) ⓘ
linked to: Japheth

Shem (traditional identification) ⓘ
linked to: Shem
nameMeaning pleasant ⓘ
notMentionedByNameIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
numberOfChildren three sons (in traditional identification with Noah's sons' mother) ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
role mother of postdiluvian humanity ⓘ
survivor of the Flood ⓘ
sourceType post-biblical identification ⓘ
spouse Noah ⓘ
statusInTradition righteous woman saved from the Flood ⓘ
timePeriod antediluvian and postdiluvian eras (biblical chronology) ⓘ
veneratedIn some Jewish exegetical traditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noah → spouse → Naamah (traditional Jewish identification) ⓘ
Shem → hasParent → Naamah (traditional, rabbinic) ⓘ
linked to: Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)