1. Arpachshad (proper name) — The proper noun Arpachshad (אַרְפַּכְשַׁד), a son of Shem and ancestor in the line from Noah to Abraham, appearing in genealogical lists in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1. Multilingual evidence uniformly identifies a single person: eng 'Arpachshad', spa 'Arfaxad/Arpajsad', hin 'अरपकशद/अर्पक्षद', arb 'أَرْفَكْشَاد', kor '아르박삿', swa 'Arpakshadi'. The two clusters represent minor transliteration and conjunctive variations across parallel genealogical passages, with no semantic distinction between the referent. 9×
AR["أَرْفَكْشاد","أَرْفَكْشَادَ","أَرْفَكْشَادُ","وَ-أَرْفَكْشاد","وَ-أَرْفَكْشَادُ"]·ben["অর্পক্ষদ","আর-আর্পক্ষদ","আর্পক্ষদ","ও-অর্পক্ষদ"]·DE["Arpachschad","[ארפכשד]","[וארפכשד]","und-Arpachschad"]·EN["Arpachshad","Arpakhshad","and-Arpachshad","and-Arpakhshad"]·FR["Arpachshad","Arpacschad","et-Arpachshad","et-Arpacschad"]·heb["ארפכשד","ו-ארפכשד"]·HI["अरपकशद","अर्पक्षद","और-अरपकशद","और-अरपकशद-ने","और-अर्पक्षद"]·ID["Arpakhsad","Arpakhsyad","Dan-Arpakhsad","dan-Arpakhsad","dan-Arpakhsyad"]·IT["Arpachshad","Arpacshad","e-Arpachshad","e-Arpacshad"]·jav["Arpakhsad","Lan-Arpakhsad","lan-Arpakhsad"]·KO["그-와-아르박삿","그리고-아르박삿","그리고-아르박삿은","그리고-아르박삿이","아르박삿","아르박삿은"]·PT["Arpakhshad","E-Arpakhshad","e-Arpakhshad"]·RU["Арпакшад","Арпакшада","Арпахшад","И-Арпахшад","и-Арпакшад","и-Арпахшад","и-Арфаксад"]·ES["Arfaxad","Arpajsad","Y-Arfajshad","Y-Arfaxad","Y-Arpajsad","y-Arfajshad","y-Arpajsad"]·SW["Arpakshadi","Na-Arpakshadi","na-Arpakshadi"]·TR["Arpakşad","Arpakşad'ı","Ve-Arpakşad","ve-Arpakşad"]·urd["ارفکشد","ارپکشد","اور-ارفکشد","اور-ارفکشد-نے","و-ارپکشد"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַרְפַּכְשַׁד n.pr.m. 3rd son of Shem א׳ Gn 10:22, 24; 11:12, 13; 1 Ch 1:17, 18, 24; אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד Gn 11:10, 11; doubtless a geogr. name (deriv. & meaning dub., Thes der. from أُرْفَةٌ boundary (stem أَرَفَ define, limit), cf. also Ethiopic አረፍት wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so SchrCOT Gn 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (cf. Gn 11:12 f. & אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים v 28, 31); v. another…