Hebrew

Jerahmeelite

יְרַחְמְאֵלִיStrong’s H3397

yerachmeeli (ye-rach-me-e-li)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yerachmeeli is the Hebrew word usually translated “jerahmeelite”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 27:10 KJV

Meaning

Someone descended from Jerahmeel who was a man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.10

How it's translated

the jerahmeelite 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Samuel 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture

1 Samuel 30:29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

Hebrew dictionary

יְרַחְמְאֵלִי yerachmeeli · Jerahmeelite

Someone descended from Jerahmeel who was a man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.27.10; son of: Hezron (H2696H); brother of: Ram (H7410), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806); married to Atarah (H5851); father of: Ram (H7410H), Bunah (H0946), Oren (H0767), Ozem (H0684H), Ahijah (H0281J) and Onam (H0208H) Group of ye.rach.me.el (יְרַחְמְאֵל "Jerahmeel" H3396) § Jerahmeelites , of Jerahmeel "may God have pity" the descendants of Jerahmeel, the great grandson of Judah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.