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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H299
a.chi.ra — Ahira
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.15; son of: Enan (H5881) § Ahira = "my brother is evil" a chief of Naphtali
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Num. 1:15; 2:29).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali [shall be] Ahira the son of Enan.
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, [offered]:
