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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Zerah


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The name Zerah is assigned five (or six) times in the Bible: a chief of Edom, a son of Reuel, son of Esau (possibly not the same as king Zerah mentioned in Gen 36:33); A son of Judah and Tamar, and brother of Perez (Gen 38:30); a son of Simeon (Num 26:13); a Levite of the Gershom branch (1 Chr 6:21); and a Cushite general who was defeated by king Asa (2 Chr 14:8)

The name Zerah comes from the verb Zerah (zarah 580), meaning to arise, rise, rise up (of symptoms of an illness, the sun or glory). Derivations are: The noun Zerah (zerah 580a), dawning, shining; The noun ezrah ('ezrah 580b), a native (one arising from the soil - BDB); The noun mizrah (mizrah 580c), the place of sunrise, east.

The name Zerah means Dawning, Shining, Arising.



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