H0298 H0298
The Ahiramite, gentilicic term for descendants of Ahiram (a Benjamite clan)
This gentilicic adjective designates the clan descended from Ahiram, son of Benjamin. It appears in Numbers 26:38 as part of the census that organized Israel's tribes by families. The Ahiramites formed one of Benjamin's constituent clans, counted for military purposes during the wilderness period. Such clan designations were essential for maintaining tribal identity, organizing military units, and eventually distributing land in Canaan. The definite article treats the clan as a collective entity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A collective term for the family group descended from Ahiram within Benjamin's tribe. The Numbers 26:38 census uses this gentilicic form to categorize Benjamin's population by ancestral clans. This organizational structure served multiple purposes: military mustering, land allocation, and preserving tribal heritage. The definite article ("the Ahiramite") reflects Hebrew's standard pattern for treating clan groups as unified entities. 1×
AR["الأَخِيرَامِيِّ"]·ben["অহীরামীয়দের"]·DE["der-Ahiramite"]·EN["the-Ahiramite"]·FR["le-Ahiramite"]·heb["ה-אחירמי"]·HI["अहीरामी-का"]·ID["orang-Ahiram"]·IT["il-Ahiramite"]·jav["tiyang-Ahiram"]·KO["그-아히람-의"]·PT["o-achiramita"]·RU["Ахирамово"]·ES["los-ahiramitas"]·SW["Waahiramu"]·TR["-Ahiramluların"]·urd["اخیرامیوں-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחִירָמִי adj.gent. הָא׳ as n. coll. Nu 26:38.