McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Naamite

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Naamite


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(Heb. Neadsmzi', ðִòֲîַé ; Sept. Íïåìáíß ), a title of the family descended from NAAMAN SEE NAAMAN (q.v.), the grandson of Benjamin (Numbers 25:40). The name is a contraction, of a kind which does not often occur in Hebrew. Accordingly the Samaritan Codex presents it at length — "the Naamanites."