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Meaning and etymology of the name Jerahmeel
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Jerahmeel 
There are three men named Jerahmeel in the Bible. The best known Jerahmeel is the patriarch of the Jerahmeelites mentioned in 1 Samuel 27 and 30, and the son of Hezron and Abijah (1 Chronicles 2:9). This Jerahmeel is the brother of Ram, who is an ancestor of Jesus.
The two other Jerahmeels are a son of a Merari Levite named Kish (1 Chronicles 24:29), and an officer under king Jehoiakim who helped arrest Baruch and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:26).
The name Jerahmeel consists of two elements, the final part being  (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim.
The first part of our name comes from the verb  (raham), meaning to love
The letter yod with which the name Jerahmeel starts makes the verb active: he will raham.
For a meaning of the name Jerahmeel, NOBS Study Bible Name List suggests May God Have Compassion, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads He Will Obtain Mercy Of God, and BDB Theological Dictionary offers May El Have Compassion,
Related names are
Jeroham,
Lo-Ruhamah,
Raham,
Rehum and
Ruhamah.
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