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Thahash

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8477

תַּ֫חַשׁ

ta.chash — Tahash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044), Bethuel (H1328A) § Thahash = "dugong" son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah and nephew of Abraham

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Historical dictionary entry

A badger, a son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Gen. 22:24).

Scripture references

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

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