Lexicon
חַרְחוּר
char.chur
H2744
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Harhur

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

char.chur is used as a proper name in lists identifying a group by descent.

The attested form is a proper name in parallel lists that identify “the sons of Harhur,” alongside other named groups.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name in a descent-group list · dominant

    In Ezra 2:51, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in the sequence “the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, and the sons of Harhur.” Nehemiah 7:53 presents the same list pattern; the APB likewise renders “the sons of Harhur.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Ezra 2:51 and Nehemiah 7:53, the APB presents the name in the phrase “the sons of Harhur.” The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place it in the same named-group list.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture