Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...

's wife is nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7). According to F. L. Utley, apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality. The most popular candidate is Naamah, the daughter of Lamech.

In Mandaeism

Mandaean Mandaeans ( ar, المندائيون ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and most important prophet. They ...

literature, of uncertain antiquity, refers to Noah's (or

Shem Shem (; he, שֵׁם ''Šēm''; ar, سَام, Sām) ''Sḗm''; Ge'ez: ሴም, ''Sēm'' was one of the sons of Noah in the book of Genesis and in the book of Chronicles, and the Quran. The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, L ...

's) ote: this book, or a larger text containing it, is numbered book 18 in some other editions./ref> wife by the name Nuraita (or ''Nhuraitha, Anhuraita'', various other spellings). There is some contradiction between texts, and some textual ambiguity, regarding which patriarch is married to Nuraita; additionally, Anhuraita appears to be a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsWives aboard Noah's Ark The wives aboard Noah's Ark were part of the family that survived the Deluge in the biblical Genesis flood narrative from the Bible. These wives are the wife of Noah, and the wives of each of his three sons. Although the Bible only notes the ex ...

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* * * * {{cite journal , last1=Mill , first1=Anna Jean , title=Noah's Wife Again , journal=PMLA , date=1941 , volume=56 , issue=3 , pages=613–626 , doi=10.2307/458985 , jstor=458985 Women in the Bible Noah