H5292b H5292b
Naarah, a wife of Ashhur in Judah's genealogy
This feminine proper name appears exclusively in the genealogical records of Judah's descendants. Naarah was one of two wives of Ashhur (Tekoa's father), and the text lists her children alongside those of his other wife Helah (1 Chronicles 4:5-6). The Greek translations vary considerably (Thoada, Noora, Noera), suggesting uncertainty about the name's pronunciation or significance. Interestingly, the name is identical in form to the common noun meaning 'young woman' or 'girl,' which may explain some translation difficulty in distinguishing the proper name from the common noun.
Senses
1. sense 1 — All three occurrences are tightly clustered in 1 Chronicles 4:5-6, establishing Naarah's role as mother to several sons in Judah's lineage. French translators sometimes render the word as 'jeune-fille' (young woman), blurring the boundary between proper name and common noun. The genealogical context makes clear this is a personal name, yet the semantic overlap with 'young woman' may have been intentional—perhaps she was notably young when married or when her sons were born. 3×
AR["نَعرَة", "وَ-نَعرَة"]·ben["ও-নায়রা", "নায়রা", "নায়রার"]·DE["[ונערה]", "[נערה]"]·EN["Na'arah", "and-Na'arah"]·FR["et-jeune-fille", "jeune-fille"]·heb["ו-נערה", "נערה"]·HI["और-नअरा", "नअरा"]·ID["Naara", "dan-Naara"]·IT["e-giovane-donna", "giovane-donna"]·jav["Naara", "lan-Naara"]·KO["그-와-나아라", "나아라"]·PT["Na'arah", "e-Na'arah"]·RU["Наара", "Наары", "и-Наара"]·ES["Naara", "y-Naara"]·SW["Naara", "na-Naara"]·TR["Naara", "Naara'nın", "ve-Naara"]·urd["اور-نعرہ", "نعرہ-نے", "نعرہ-کے"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. נַעֲרָה n.pr.f. in Judah 1 Ch 4:5, 6(×2); 𝔊 Θωαδα, A Νοορα, 𝔊L Νοερα.