Lexicon
קֹ֫רַח
qo.rach
H7141
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Korah

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Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

qo.rach is a personal name used for figures in family records, the Numbers conflict, and the designation “sons of Korah.”

The supplied proper-noun forms identify named persons in genealogical lines and in the conflict involving Moses and the congregation; they also occur with the designation “sons of Korah” in Psalm 87:1. In Numbers 16:19, the named figure assembles the congregation, while Exodus 6:24 names his sons.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in family, conflict, and group references · dominant

    The supplied form is consistently tagged Noun · Proper. In Numbers 16:19, the APB renders Korah as assembling the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting; in Exodus 6:24, it names the father of Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; and in Psalm 87:1, the APB introduces “the sons of Korah.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In narrative and genealogical clauses, the APB commonly presents the name as “Korah,” as in Numbers 16:19 and Exodus 6:24. Several supplied Psalm verses begin without a visible corresponding name in the APB, while Psalm 87:1 explicitly has “sons of Korah”.

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Across Scripture