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(i' ryoo) Personal name meaning, “donkey's colt” or “they protect.” Son of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:15 ). Many Bible students think the original text read Ir, a copyist joining the final u to the name when it should have been the first letter of the following word, meaning, “and.”

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Iru'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/i/iru.html. 1991.

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