H0293 H0293
Ahinoam ('my brother is delight'), name of two women: Saul's wife and David's wife from Jezreel.
A feminine proper name meaning 'my brother is delight' or 'my brother is pleasantness,' borne by two distinct women in the Hebrew Bible. The first is Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz, wife of King Saul (1 Sam 14:50). The second is Ahinoam of Jezreel, one of David's earliest wives, who accompanied him through his years as a fugitive (1 Sam 25:43; 27:3; 30:5) and bore his firstborn son Amnon (2 Sam 3:2; 1 Chr 3:1). The name is rendered remarkably consistently across languages -- Spanish 'Ajinoam,' French and German 'Achinoam' -- reflecting its transparency as a theophoric compound.
Senses
1. Ahinoam (proper name) — The proper name Ahinoam, referring to two biblical women: (1) Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz, wife of King Saul (1 Sam 14:50), mentioned only once; and (2) Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, David's wife who shared his fugitive years in Philistine territory and was captured at Ziklag before being rescued (1 Sam 25:43; 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam 2:2; 3:2). The theophoric name ('my brother is delight') is consistently transliterated across traditions, with minor phonological adaptation in Spanish ('Ajinoam'). 7×
AR["أخينوعامَ", "أخينوعامُ", "أَخينوعَمُ", "أَخِينُوعَم", "أَخِينُوعَمُ", "لِ-أَخِينُوعَمَ", "لِـ-أَخينوعَم"]·ben["-অহীনোয়ামের", "অহীনোয়ম", "অহীনোয়মের-থেকে", "অহীনোয়াম", "অহীনোয়ামকে"]·DE["Achinoam", "Ahinoam", "[לאחינעם]", "zu-Ahinoam"]·EN["Achinoam", "Ahinoam", "to-Achino'am", "to-Ahinoam"]·FR["Achinoam", "Ahinoam", "[לאחינעם]", "à-Ahinoam"]·heb["אחינועם", "ל-אחינועם", "ל-אחינעם"]·HI["अचिनोअम", "अहीनोअम", "अहीनोअम-से"]·ID["Ahinoam", "dari-Ahinoam"]·IT["Achinoam", "Ahinoam", "[לאחינעם]", "a-Ahinoam"]·jav["Ahinoam", "kangge-Ahinoam", "saking-Ahinoam"]·KO["아히노아과", "아히노암", "아히노암에게서", "아히노암을", "아히노암의-아들이니"]·PT["'Achino'am", "Achino'am", "de-'Achino'am", "de-Achino'am"]·RU["Ахиноам", "Ахиноама", "от-Ахиноам"]·ES["Ajinoam", "de-Ajinoam", "para-Ajinoam"]·SW["Ahinoamu", "kwa-Ahinoamu"]·TR["Ahinoam", "Ahinoam'dan", "Ahinoam'ı"]·urd["اخینعم", "اخینوعم", "اخینوعم-سے", "ل-احینعم"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחִינֹ֫עַם n.pr.f. (my brother is delight) 1. wife of Saul 1 S 14:50 (daughter of Ahimaaz). 2. Jezreelitess, wife of David 1 S 25:43; 27:3; 30:5 2 S 2:2; 3:2 1 Ch 3:1.