Naamah or Na'amah (Hebrew: ????, meaning pleasant) is a figure in the Bible and Jewish mysticism. In the Bible In the Bible, Naamah is mentioned only one time, in Genesis 4:22. The NIV states: ?Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah?. Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.? Although this Lamech is said to be a descendant of Cain, he has sometimes been confused with Lamech among the descendants of Seth, an ancestor of Noah. Other Religious References Naamah is named as the wife of Noah and a daughter of Enoch, Noah's grandfather, in the mediaeval midrash The 17th century theologian John Gill identified Naamah instead with the name of the wife of Ham, son of Noah, whom he believed may have become confused with Noah's wife. See Wives aboard the Ark. Naamah, a city of Canaan, listed in the Book of Joshua (at 15:41), as having been conquered and subsequently settled b

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