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Meaning and etymology of the name Ard
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Ard 
The name Ard is assigned to one man in the Bible, although it looks like there are two. Ard is a son of Benjamin, son of Jacob and Rachel and brother of Naaman (Genesis 46:21) and Bela, Benjamin's first born. At the time when Moses and Eleazar conduct the second census of Israel, the families of Ard and Naaman are collectively grouped under the sons of Bela (Numbers 26:40). This probably indicates that there was a sub-Benjaminite alliance of the biological sons of Bela and their cousins. Something similar occurs with Shem and Japheth, sons of Noah (Genesis 9:27), and Zerubbabel's two fathers.
The origins of the name Ard are a bit of a mystery, but it's possibly related to an Arabic verb meaning to flee, or a Syriac verb meaning to be untamed. These Semitic roots may even survive in the Hebrew verb  (rud) meaning to wander or roam (Genesis 27:40, Hosea 12:1).
For a meaning of the name Ard, NOBS Study Bible Name List equates this name with the name Arod and reads Humpbacked for both. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names seems to see stronger relations with the name Arvad and reads Fugitive for Ard and Place Of Fugitives for Arvad.
Other possible related names are
Arad,
Ardon,
Aridai,
Aridatha and
Herod,
Herodias and
Herodion.
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