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title: יְרַחְמְאֵלִי — the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרַחְמְאֵלִי (3397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרַחְמְאֵלִי

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«יְרַחְמְאֵלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3397 · **BDB:** יְרַחְמְאֵלִי

### Glosses

the.Jerahmeelite\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3397/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. (earlier than fore-going; as tribal name bef. n.pr.m. \[For radical view of relations of יְרַח׳, (with many text. emendations), v. CheEncy. Bib.Jerachm.\]);—הַיְּר׳ as subst. coll., נֶגֶב היר׳ 1 S 27:10 the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites (in S. Judah), (νότον) Ιεσμεγα, A Ισραμηλει, 𝔊L Αερμων; עָרֵי היר׳ 30:29, τοῦ Ισραηλ, A Ιεραμηλει (cf. 1 supr., and GrayProp. N. 214, 265, 307).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרַחְמְאֵלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 30:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.29/)

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וְלַאֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּרָכָ֗ל וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י הַקֵּינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and for.\[those\] who \[were\].in Racal and for.\[those\] who \[were\].in the.cities of the.Jerahmeelite\[s\] and for.\[those\] who \[were\].in the.cities of the.Kenite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites;

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[1 Samuel 27:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.10/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָכִ֔ישׁ אַל־פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד עַל־נֶ֤גֶב יְהוּדָה֙ וְעַל־נֶ֣גֶב הַיַּרְחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְאֶל־נֶ֖גֶב הַקֵּינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Achish not did.you.make.a.raid this day and he.said David on the.Negev of.Judah and on the.Negev of the.Jerahmeelite\[s\] and against the.Negev of the.Kenite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Achish said: 'Whither have ye made a raid to-day?' And David said: 'Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.'

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