H6166B

עֲרָד

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Arad

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.15; son of: Beriah (H1283I); brother of: Ahio (H0283H), Shashak (H8349), Jeremoth (H3406I), Zebadiah (H2069), Eder (H5738), Michael (H4317L), Ishpah (H3472) and Joha (H3109) § Arad = "a wild ass" a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[עָרַג] verb long for (compare Arabic ascend, II. bend, incline toward (); high, elevated; Ethiopic ascend; Late Hebrew עֲרוּגָה = Biblical Hebrew); —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular תַּעֲרֹג Ps 42:2 (of stag, with עַל of thing in simile); with אֶל, of longing for God vPs 42:2 (subject נַפְשִׁי), so תַּעֲרוֺג Joel 1:20 (of beasts, craving water).



I. עֲרָד proper name, of a location Canaanite city in the Negeb, Αραδ (Egyptian ±a-ru-dâ WMM As.u.Eur.168,170); — Judg 1:16, ׳מֶלֶחעֿ Num 21:1 (JE) = Num 33:40, Josh 12:14 (D, Α(ι)ραθ, A ᵐ5L Αδερ); probably modern Tel Arad, 16 1/2 miles south of Hebron; compare GFM Judg 1:16 Buhl Geogr. 182.



II. עֲרָד proper name, masculine Benjamite 1Chr 8:15, Ωρηρ, A Αρωδ, ᵐ5L Αραδ.


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