Noa
נועה
From the Hebrew name of Zelophehad's daughter in the Bible, thought to come from a root meaning to move or shake.
Meaning and origin
Noa is the everyday Hebrew spelling of a name carried by one of the five daughters of Zelophehad in the Book of Numbers, a figure distinct from the flood-surviving patriarch Noah despite the shared English rendering of…
How to pronounce Noa
| Hebrew | no-AH /noˈʕa/ |
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