cha.mul identifies a person listed as a son of Perez and as ancestor of a clan.

The attested use is as a proper personal name: the form identifies a son of Perez in genealogical lists and, in Numbers 26:21, stands beside the clan named for him.

1. Personal name in Perez’s family line · dominant

   All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in lists concerning Perez’s descendants. In Genesis 46:12 and 1 Chronicles 2:5, the APB renders the clauses listing Perez’s sons as “Hezron and Hamul”; in Numbers 26:21, it also names the clan of the Hamulites alongside Hamul.

   Genesis 46:121 Chronicles 2:5Numbers 26:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Hamul” in the lists of Perez’s sons in Genesis 46:12 and 1 Chronicles 2:5, and in Numbers 26:21 alongside “the clan of the Hamulites.” The clan wording should not be treated as a separate rendering of the name itself.