Jerahmeel
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The name Jerahmeel (Hebrew יְרַחְמְאֵל, Greek ιραμεηλ) appears several times in the Tanakh. It means "He will obtain mercy of God"[1] or "God pities"[2] or "May God have compassion".[3]
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[edit] Bearers of the name
There are probably three distinct persons of that name in the Tanakh[1][2][3]
- a son of Hezron and great-grandson of Judah, as given in the extended genealogies in 1 Chronicles 2:9, 2:25-26 and 2:42.
- a son of Kish, one of the Levites appointed by David to administer the temple worship, as described in 1 Chronicles 24:29.
- a son of Hammelech (or son of the king) sent with others by Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, as given in Jeremiah 36:26.
[edit] The Jerahmeelites
The Jerahmeelites were a people, presumably descended from Jerahmeel number 1 above, living in the Negev, who David, when working for the Philistines, claimed to have attacked (1 Samuel 27:10), but with whom he was really on friendly terms (1 Samuel 30:29).
Cheyne developed a theory which made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel[2], but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful.[4]
[edit] The Archangel
In some deuterocanonical and apocryphal writings there are references to an archangel variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, Ramiel etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel).
[edit] Chronicles of Jerahmeel
The Chronicles of Jerahmeel is a mediaeval document ascribed to the 12th century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon, and is unrelated to any of the above.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alfred Jones, Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names 1856, republished Kregel Publications 1990
- ^ a b c Cheyne and Black, Encyclopædia Biblica
- ^ a b James Hastings, A Dictionary of the Bible
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
