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The strikerdown; the wild man, lived 777 years

1. The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Genesis 4:18-24).
His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, 24), is the only extant example o

f antediluvian poetry. It has been called "Lamech's sword-song." He was "rude and ruffianly," fearing neither God nor man.
2. The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Genesis 5:25-31; Luke 3:36).

The fifth lineal descendant from Cain. (Genesis 4:18-24) He is the only one except Enoch, of the posterity of Cain, whose history is related with some detail. His two wives, Adah and Zillah, and his daughter Naamah, are, with Eve, the only antediluvian women whose names are

mentioned by Moses. His three sons, Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain, are celebrated in Scripture as authors of useful inventions. The remarkable poem which Lamech uttered may perhaps be regarded as Lamech's son of exultation on the invention of the sword by his son Tubal-cain,

in the possession of which he foresaw a great advantage to himself and his family over any enemies.
The father of Noah. (Genesis 5:29)
General references
Genesis 5:25-31; 1 Chronicles 1:3

Ancestor of Jesus
Luke 3:36

abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Naamah…
Meaning
Sweet, Pleasant, delightful, beautiful:
The plural noun מנעמים (man'ammim) describes "sweets" or dainties. The adjective נעים (na'im) describes a soft or pleasant sound.

Related names
• Via נעם (naem):
abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Naomi.…
Meaning
My Delight, Sweet
Etymology
From the verb נעם (naem), to be pleasant.

The letter י (yod) upon which our name ends, may either create an adjective (sweet), a possessive form (my sweetness), or may be a remnant of יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHWH, or Yahweh.

Naomi meaning
For a meaning of the name Naomi, NOBSE Study Bible Name List goes with the possessive form and reads My Delight. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Name reads Pleasantness, but adds Of The Lord, assuming that the yod is not an adjective-maker but indicative

of the name YHWH.

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Meaning
Drip, Cloud, Neck, Mane, Submitted
Etymology
From the verb ערף ('arap), to droop.
The verb ערף ('arap) means to drip or drop. Noun עריף ('arip) means cloud and ערפל ('arapel) describes a heavy cloud mass.

The noun ערף ('orep) means neck. It possibly derives from a whole other, unrelated verb of unknown meaning, but it may also be that underneath all these words hides a core meaning of to droop. This latter noun is used nearly solely in expressions that are based on the hanging of

one's head (in submission, fear or stubbornness). The denominative verb ערף ('arap) literally means to neck but in practice it describes the breaking of one's neck.
And thus, the name Orpah may mean anything from Drip to Cloud to Shadow. That's not at all unusual, or even

negative, since in the Bible great things tend to occur in darkness (Genesis 1:2, 15:17).

Then of course there is a possibility that someone creative enough might hear a compound of the words ערר (arar) strip of make bear (usually in order to mourn) plus פה (peh), mouth

(which makes no sense), or פה (poh), here, which would render the name Orpah to mean Strip Here, and that would only make sense if she was born in a dressing room.

Then there is the following fabulously interesting group of words: עור ('awar), to make blind, which

(as a result of a cataract) probably comes from the word עור ('or), skin or hide. The root עור ('ur) yields עיר ('ir) meaning excitement, and (as if the connection to both skin, excitement and blindness isn't clear enough) an identical root עור ('ur), to be exposed, laid bare,

yields a number of variously spelled derivations that mean nakedness: מעור (ma'or), עירם ('erom), ערם ('arom).

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4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all-round shields of the warriors.

abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Naamat…
The ethnonym Naamathite is applied to only one person in the Bible, namely Zophar the Naamathite, who was one of the three and later four friends of Job (Job 2:11).

abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Zophar…
Meaning
Chirper, Leaper
Etymology
From the noun צפור (sippor), to chirp or to leap.
There's only one Zophar in the Bible. Zophar the Naamathite is one of the three (and later four) friends who discuss with the unfortunate Job the finer points of

righteousness and divine intervention (Job 2:11).
Zophar's name is spelled צופר in Job 2:11 and צפר everywhere else.

Etymology of the name Zophar
The origin of the name Zophar can be traced back to the root cluster צפר:

The most fundamental meaning of the unused verb צפר (sapar) appears to be to skewer or pierce through, whether by fear, a shrieking sound or a sharp point. From this verb comes the often used noun צפור (sippor), which is a common word for bird and appears to refer to birds'

signature piercing shrieks.
Then there is the noun צפירה (sepira), which apparently denoted a kind of head gear, like a crown or diadem, but which also served as a symbol for looming doom. Noun צפרן (sipporen) means finger nail or stylus point.
However, there is another verb

in cognate languages, which is identical to the previous and which means to leap. From it stem the noun צפיר (sapir), which describes a kind of goat, and צפרדע (separdea'), which means frog.

abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Zillah…
Meaning
Shadow, Bell
Etymology
From the verb צלל (salal), to ring or be dark.

Zillah is the second of the two wives of Lamech the First (Genesis 4:19). She is the third woman named in the Bible (Lamechs other wife, Adah, is second, Sarai is number four).

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abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Adah.h…
Meaning
Ornament
Etymology
From the verb עדה ('ada), to pass by or to ornament.

Root עדד ('adad) describes a repeated passing by or over, or a repeated encountering. Noun עדה ('idda) describes any well-worn item.

Verb עדה ('ada I) means to advance or pass on. Nouns עד ('ad) and ועד (w'ad) describe the difficult concept of a future era advancing upon the now

, or else the prey or booty upon which a predator advances. The conjunction עד ('ad) or עדי ('ady) means "as far as" or until.

The same verb, namely עדה ('ada II) is used to mean to adorn or ornament oneself — that is: to have items approach the canvas of one's bulk in order to

testify of some social rank or perhaps the trade or order one belongs to. Noun עדי ('adi) means ornamentation: fancy or declarative things worn on one's body or clothes.

Verb יעד (ya'ad) means to meet, habitually and repeatedly rather than incidentally. Noun עדה ('eda) means

congregation or some other joint collective. Nouns מועד (mo'ed), מועד (mo'ad) and מועדה (mu'ada) describe a place (or time) of meeting.
Verb עוד ('ud) means to return and repeat. Noun עוד ('od) denotes an addition, repetition or continuance.

Nouns עד ('ed), עדה ('eda), עדה ('eda), עדת ('edut), עדות ('edut) and תעודה (te'uda) all mean witness or testimony in various nuances, and verb עוד ('ud) means to bear witness.