ye.ro.cham is a proper personal name, used chiefly in ancestry and family identifications.

The attested form functions as a proper personal name, most often identifying someone through descent or family connection. It occurs in genealogical and administrative identifications, including fathers of named individuals and a tribal ruler.

1. Personal name in family and ancestral identifications · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in each cited verse. In 1 Samuel 1:1 the APB renders Elkanah as the “son of Jeroham”; in 1 Chronicles 8:27 it renders three men as “the sons of Jeroham.” The same ancestral identification appears for Ibneiah in 1 Chronicles 9:8, Adaiah in 1 Chronicles 9:12, and Azarel in 1 Chronicles 27:22; 2 Chronicles 23:1 names Azariah as “son of Jeroham” among the commanders brought into a covenant.

   1 Samuel 1:11 Chronicles 8:271 Chronicles 9:81 Chronicles 9:121 Chronicles 27:222 Chronicles 23:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearest genealogical clauses, the APB presents the name in patronymic wording such as “son of Jeroham” and “the sons of Jeroham.” Some supplied occurrences do not visibly isolate an English counterpart for the form.