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Jorkeam

יׇרְקְעָ֑םStrong’s H3421

yorqeam (yor-qe-am)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Yorqeam is the Hebrew word usually translated “jorkeam”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.”
1 Chronicles 2:44 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.44
How it's translated
  • jorkeam 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    יׇרְקְעָ֑ם yorqeam · Jorkeam

    A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.44; son of: Raham (H7357) § Jorkoam = "the people empty" a Calebite descendant 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.