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Jerah
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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JERAH . Mentioned in the genealogies of Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20 as a son of Joktan. Probably, in analogy with other names in this connexion, Jerah is to be taken as the designation of an Arabian tribe. The Arabic geographers refer to places named Warâkh, Yurâkh , and Yarâch , with any one of which it might be identified. On the other hand, in Hebrew the word signifies ‘new moon’; it may therefore be the translation of a totemic clan-name. In fact, Bochart pointed out that ‘sons of the moon’ is a patronymic still found in Arabia.
W. M. Nesbit.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Jerah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/j/jerah.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Jerah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/j/jerah.html. 1909.
