Lexicon
יִצְהָר
yits.har
H3324
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Izhar

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Hebrew
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yits.har is a personal name used in family lists and ancestry statements, identifying Kohath’s son and Korah’s father.

The term is used as a personal name in genealogical and family-list contexts: it identifies one of Kohath’s sons, introduces a list of his sons, and names Korah’s father in an ancestry statement.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in family and ancestry lists · dominant

    All supplied occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and place the form within family identification. In Exodus 6:18 and Numbers 3:19, the APB renders a list of Kohath’s sons including “Izhar”; Exodus 6:21 introduces “The sons of Izhar,” while Numbers 16:1 identifies Korah as “son of Izhar.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in family lists and ancestry clauses, including “The sons of Izhar” in Exodus 6:21 and “Korah son of Izhar” in Numbers 16:1. These renderings confirm the verse-level family identification rather than establish a separate lexical nuance.

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