2. Sec Jii'iiTAii.
Jephun'ne (lf(povvi]), a Gnedzcd form (Ecclus. xlvi, 7) lor the Hebrew name Jephusneh (q. v.).
Jephun'neh (Heb. Yephunneh', tliS^ nimble), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. 'Uipovvi], also 'lt(pov>) and 'l£(^oi'vJ}.) The father of Caleb (q. v.), the faithful fellow-explorer of Ca- naan with Joshua, in which paternal connection alone his name occurs (Numb, xiii, 0 ; xiv, 6, 30, 38 ; xxvi, 65; xxxii, 12; xxxiv, 19; Deut. i,36; Josh, xiv, 6, 13, 14 ; XV, 13 ; xxi, 12 ; 1 Chron. iv, 15 ; vi, 56). B.C. 1698.
2. (Sept. 'iKptvci.) One of the sons of jether or Ith- ran, of the descendants of ^\sher (1 Chron. vii, 38). B.C. prob. ante 1017.
Je'rah (Heb. Ye'rach, TVy^^ in pause tTlp, Ya'rach, the 7n<>o]>, as often ; Sept. 'lapax, but omits in 1 Chron. i, 20, where, however, some copies liave 'la^ep ; Vulg. Jarc), the fourth in order of the sons of Joktan, appar- ently the founder of an Arab tribe, who probably had their settlement near Hazarmaveth and Hadoram, be- tween Avhich the name occurs (Gen. x, 26), the general location of all the Joktanidaj being given in verse 30 as extending from Mesha eastward to Jlouut Sephar. Bo-
chart {Phaleg, ii, 19) thinks the word is Hebrew, but a translation of an equivalent Arabic name, and under- stands the Alalcei to be meant, a tribe inhabiting the auriferous region on the Eed Sea (Agatharch. 49 ; Stra- bo, xvi, p. 277 ; Diod. Sic. iii, 44), and conjectures that their true name was Benay Haila, " Sons of the Moon," on account of their worship of that luminary under the title Alilat (Herodotus, iii, 8). He also observes that a tribe exists near IMecca with the title sons of the moon, probably the Hilulites mentioned by Niebuhr {Descrip- tion of A 7-abiu, p. 270). That the Aliljei, however, were worshippers of Alilat is an assumption unsupported by facts; but, whatever may be said in its favor, the people in question are not the Bene-Hilal, who take their name from a kinsman of Mohammed, in the fifth gen- eration before him, of the well-known stock of l\eys (Caussin, Essai, Tab. X a; Abu-l-Fida, Hist, anteisl. ed. Fleischer, p. 194). The connection renders the ojiinifin of J. D. IMichaelis more probable, who (Spicileg. ii, GO, 161) refers the name to the Moon-coast, or Mount of the Moon, in the neighborhood of Hadramaut (Hazarma- veth), not far from Shorma (Edrisi, p. 26, 27). Pococke has some remarks on the subject of El-Liitt, which the reader may consult (»S;jec. Hist. A rab. p. 90) ; and also Sir G. Wilkinson, in his notes to Herodotus (ed. Rawlin- son, ii, 402, foot-note, and Essay i to bk. iii) : he seems to be wrong, however, in saying that the Arabic " ' awel,' 'first'" [correctly, "aw'\val"],is "related to" PN, or Al- lah, etc., and that Alitta and Mylitta are Shemitic names derived from " weled, u-alada, ' to bear children' " (Essay i, p. 537). The comparison of Alitta and IMy- litta is also extremely doubtful ; and probably Herodo- tus assimilated the former name to the latter. Indeed, Jerah has not been satisfactorily identified with the name of any Arabian place or tribe, though a fortress (and probably an old town, like the numerous fortified places in the Yemen, of the old Himyerite kingdom) named Yerdkh is mentioned as belonging to the district of the Nijji'id (Mardsid, s. v. Yerakh), which is in IMah- reh, at the extremity of the Yemen {Kdmus). — Gese- nius; Smith. See Arabia.
Jerah'meel (Heb. Yerachmeel', h^'CT}'^'^, loving God or beloved by 6'ocZ), the name of three men.
1. (Sept. IpapetjX and 'lepE/jeiiX v. r. 'lfpo/(f/X) First-born of Hezron, brother of Caleb, and father of Ram (not Aram), of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. ii, 9, 25, 26, 27, 33, 42). B.C. ante 1658. His descendants were called Jehahmeelites (Hebrew Yerachmeeli', 'OVy^Tl"}'', Sept. 'leptfiiiiX and 'Icptjuij/X v. r. 'Ifpfjut/jA, 1 Sam.'xxvii, 10; xxx, 29).
2. (Sept. 'IpaiiarjX v. r. 'IspafistiX.') Son of Kish, a Levite whose relationship is undefined otherwise (2 Chron. xxiv, 29). B.C. apparently 1014.
3. (Sept. 'If()f/((i7X V. r. 'l£pfju£»';X.) Son of Hamme- lech (q. v.), one of the two persons commanded by Jc- hoiakim to apprehend Jeremiah and Barnch, who prov- identially escaped (Jer. xxxvi, 20). B.C. 605.
Jerah'meelite (1 Sam. xxvii, 10; xxx, 29). See Jeraiijieee, 1.
Jer'echus (Itpixoc), a Grsecized form (1 Esdr. v, 22) of the name of the city of Jericho (q. v.).
Je'red (a, 1 Chron. i, 2; b, 1 Chron. iv, 18). See Jared.
Jer'emai (Hebrew Yeremaf, '^■?^^, dwelling in heights; Sept. 'lipifxi v. r. 'itpani), one of the "sons" of Hashum, who divorced his Gentile wife after the re- turn from Babylon (Ezra x, 33). B.C. 459.
Jeremi'ah (Heb. Yirmeyah', iT^^a'^l', often in the paragogic form ^n^"S"i1i, Yirmeya'hu, especially in the book of Jeremiah ; raised up [i. e. appointed] by Jeho- vah; Sept. and N. T.'Itpf/ii'at,-; "Jeremias," Matt, xvi, 14; "Jeremy," Matt, ii, 17; xxvii, 9; but in this last passage it probably occurs only by error of copyists; see Zech. xi, 12, 13), the name of eight or nine men.
JEREMIAH
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1. The fifth in rank of the Gadito Ijravcs who joined David's troop iii the wilderness (1 Chron. xii, 10). 15.C. lOGl.
2. The tenth of the same band of adventurers (1 Chron. xii, 13). B.C. lOfJl.