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hem´dan ( חמדּן , ḥemdān , "pleasant"): A descendant of Seir, the Horite ( Genesis 36:26 ). Wrongly translated "Amram" by the King James Version in 1 Chronicles 1:41 (the Revised Version (British and American) "Hamran"), where the transcribers made an error in one vowel and one consonant, writing ( חמרן , ḥamrān ), instead of (חמדּן , ḥemdān ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hemdan'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/hemdan.html. 1915.

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