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Tarah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8646

תֶּ֫רַח

te.rach — Terah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.24; son of: Nahor (H5152); father of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283) Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291) § Terah = "station" 1) the father of Abraham Tarah = "delay" 2) a station of Israel in the wilderness

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3396

יְרַחְמְאֵל

ye.rach.me.el — Jerahmeel

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.10; son of: Hezron (H2696H); brother of: Ram (H7410), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806); married to Atarah (H5851); father of: Ram (H7410H), Bunah (H0946), Oren (H0767), Ozem (H0684H), Ahijah (H0281J) and Onam (H0208H) Also named: ye.rach.me.e.li (יְרַחְמְאֵלִי "Jerahmeelite" H3397) § Jerahmeel = "may God have pity" 1) the 1st son of Hezron, grandson of Pharez, and great grandson of Judah and the founder of the family of Jerahmeelites 2) officer sent by king Jehoiakim of Judah to arrest Baruch 3) a Merarite Levite the representative of the family of Kish, the son of Mahli

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3047

יָדָע

ya.da — Jada

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28; son of: Onam (H0208H); brother of: Shammai (H8060); father of: Jether (H3500I) and Jonathan (H3129) § Jada = "He knows" a Judahite, son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3397

יְרַחְמְאֵלִי

ye.rach.me.e.li — Jerahmeelite

Someone descended from Jerahmeel who was a man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.10; son of: Hezron (H2696H); brother of: Ram (H7410), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806); married to Atarah (H5851); father of: Ram (H7410H), Bunah (H0946), Oren (H0767), Ozem (H0684H), Ahijah (H0281J) and Onam (H0208H) Group of ye.rach.me.el (יְרַחְמְאֵל "Jerahmeel" H3396) § Jerahmeelites , of Jerahmeel "may God have pity" the descendants of Jerahmeel, the great grandson of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5851

עֲטָרָה

a.ta.rah — Atarah

A womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.26; married to Jerahmeel (H3396); mother of: Onam (H0208H) § Atarah = "a crown" wife of Jerahmeel and mother of Onam

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Historical dictionary entry

Stopping; station, an encampment of the Hebrews in the wilderness (Num. 33:27, 28).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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