Jeriah
ye.riy.yah is a personal name used for a Hebronite leader and in lists of his sons.
The attested forms identify a named Hebronite figure: he is listed as head among Hebron’s sons and as head of the Hebronites, while other verses name his sons.
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Named Hebronite leader and father · dominant
All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 23:19 the APB renders him as “Jeriah the head” in the list of Hebron’s sons; 1 Chronicles 24:23 introduces a list as “the sons of Jeriah”; and 1 Chronicles 26:31 calls him “the head of the Hebronites according to their generations and fathers.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Jeriah” in each verse. It places the name in a family list in 1 Chronicles 23:19 and 1 Chronicles 24:23, and identifies him as a Hebronite head in 1 Chronicles 26:31.