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title: זֶרַח — Zarah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֶרַח (2226), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Zarah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֶרַח

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«זֶרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zarah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 2226 · **BDB:** זֶ֫רַח²

### Glosses

Zerah (11); of.Zerah (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zarah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2226/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2226/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (on form cf. LgBN77, and Anm.)— 𝔊 Ζαρα, son of Judah and Tamar Gn 38:30; 46:12 (both J), 1 Ch 2:4 (all זָ֑רַח), v 6; as head of a family Nu 26:20 Jos 7:1 (both P), v 18, 24 (JE), 22:20 (P) 1 Ch 9:6 (𝔊L Ζηρα), Ne 11:24 (cf. SmListen 7). Edomites: 𝔊 Ζαρε Gn 36:13, 17 (both P) = 1 Ch 1:37. 𝔊 Ζαρα Gn 36:33 (P) = 1 Ch 1:44 (b=a?). 𝔊L Ζαρα, Levites: (var. Ιααρα) 1 Ch 6:6. (var. Ζααραι) 1 Ch 6:26. head of a Simeonite family, 𝔊 Ζαρα Nu 26:13 (P), 1 Ch 4:24 (var. Ζαρες) (= צֹחַר 𝔊 Σααρ Gn 46:10 Ex 6:15, cf. Di Nu 26:13). a Cushite, 𝔊 Ζαρε, foe of king Asa 2 Ch 14:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֶרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2226/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.26/)

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בֶּן־אֶתְנִ֥י בֶן־זֶ֖רַח בֶּן־עֲדָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Ethni the.son of.Zerah the.son of.Adaiah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah;

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[1 Chronicles 1:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.37/)

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בְּנֵ֖י רְעוּאֵ֑ל נַ֥חַת זֶ֖רַח שַׁמָּ֥ה וּמִזָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Reuel \[were\].Nahath Zerah Shammah and Mizzah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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