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Jorkoam

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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[some Jorko'ä m] (Hebrew Yorkeä m',יָרְקְעָ , paleness of the people, or perh. extended people Sept. Ι᾿ερκαάν v.r. Ι᾿εκλάν, both confounded with Rekem following; Vulgate Jercaam), a person apparently named as the son of Raham, of the descendants of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:44); but others (e.g. Gesenius after Jarchi) understand "father" there to mean founder, so that this would be the name of a town settled by Raham an interpretation sustained by a similar use of other names in the same connection. The locality thus alluded to is otherwise unknown, but from the associated places may be presumed to have been a place in the region southeast of Hebron.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jorkoam'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jorkoam.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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