נעמי
Naomi
נעמי is the Hebrew female given name Naomi.
נעמי is used as a proper name for a female.
Meaning: female given name (name)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Naomi.
Did you know?
- In the Bible, the character Naomi changes her name to מרה meaning 'bitter' after suffering great loss, though others continue to call her נעמי.
- The name is linguistically connected to the Hebrew root 'n-'-m' (נעם), which relates to things that are sweet or pleasing to the senses.
- The spelling נעמי uses the letter 'ayin' (ע), a guttural sound that is absent in the English spelling of the name.
Examples in context
- נָעֳמִיI met Naomi at a formal event last night.
- נָאוֹמִיNaomi and I are planning to have coffee tomorrow.
- נעמי היא חברה שלי.Naomi hee khavara sheli.Naomi is my friend.
- נעמי נמצאת בספרייה.Naomi nimtsat ba-sifriya.Naomi is in the library.
- האם מכירים אותך, נעמי?Ha'im makirim otakh, Naomi?Do they know you, Naomi?
Example conversation
Noa and Ido are talking about their classmate at a cafe.
- נועה Noaעידו, אתה מכיר את נעמי?Ido, ata makir et Naomi?Ido, do you know Naomi?
- עידו Idoכן, נעמי היא סטודנטית מצוינת.Ken, Naomi hee studentit metzuyanet.Yes, Naomi is an excellent student.
- נועה Noaהיא באה היום לשיעור?Hee ba ha-yom la-shi'ur?Is she coming to class today?
- עידו Idoאני חושב שנעמי תגיע מאוחר.Ani khoshev she-Naomi tagi'a me'ukhar.I think Naomi will arrive late.
