Lexicon
יַרְחָע
yar.ach
H3398
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Jarha

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yar.ach is the personal name of Sheshan’s Egyptian servant, who receives Sheshan’s daughter as wife.

The term occurs as a proper personal name: it identifies Sheshan’s Egyptian servant in 1 Chronicles 2:34 and the man to whom Sheshan gives his daughter in 1 Chronicles 2:35.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name of Sheshan’s servant · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 2:34 the APB renders the clause “Sheshan also had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha”; in 1 Chronicles 2:35 it renders Sheshan’s giving his daughter to that servant as wife and her bearing Attai to him.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Jarha” in both verses, first when identifying Sheshan’s Egyptian servant and then when naming the recipient of Sheshan’s daughter. The verse is read as a whole.

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