1 Samuel 19:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Naioth. — Naioth, or Nevaioth, as it is also written, was not a town, but, as the name denotes, a cluster of dwellings or abodes. It is derived from the verb navali, to rest or abide. Samuel had his own house in Ramah, and these dwellings, where his prophetic schools were established, were in the immediate neighbourhood, “Naioth in Ramah.” It was to this school he took David on this occasion. The Chaldee Targum renders or paraphrases Naioth here by “house of learning.”