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.

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

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
surface form: Ham (traditional identification)

Japheth
surface form: Japheth (traditional identification)

Shem
surface form: Shem (traditional identification)
nameMeaning pleasant
notMentionedByNameIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
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

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Noah spouse Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)
Shem hasParent Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)
this entity surface form: Naamah (traditional, rabbinic)