Senses
1. Zerah (personal name) — Proper noun: Zerah (also Zerach), a masculine personal name meaning 'rising, dawning, shining forth,' borne by several individuals in the Hebrew Bible including a son of Judah and Tamar (Gen 38:30, twin of Perez), a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau (Gen 36:13,17), a son of Simeon (Num 26:13), a Levite ancestor of Ethan (1 Chr 6:21,41), and a Cushite military commander who invaded Judah (2 Chr 14:9). Translated as English 'Zerah,' Spanish 'Zeraj/Zeraj,' Hindi 'Jerah/Zerah' (जेरह/ज़ेरह), Arabic 'Zarah' (زارَح/زَرَحَ), Korean 'Sera/Jera' (세라/제라), Swahili 'Zera.' All three clusters represent the same proper name in different syntactic positions: standalone, with preposition lamed, and with conjunction waw. 21×
AR["زارَح","زارَحَ","زَارَح","زَرَحَ","زَرَحُ","لِ-زَرَحَ","وَ-زارَحُ","وَزَارَحُ"]·ben["আর-সেরহ","এবং-সেরহ","জেরহের","সেরহ","সেরহের","সেরহের-জন্য"]·DE["Serach","Serachs","Zerach","[זרח]","und-Serach","zu-Zerah"]·EN["Zerach","Zerah","and-Zerah","to-Zerah"]·FR["Zerach","Zérach","et-Zérach","à-Zerah"]·heb["ו-זרח","זרח","ל-זרח"]·HI["और-ज़ेरह","और-जेरह","ज़ेरह-को","जेरह","जेरह-का","जेरह-के"]·ID["Zerah","dan-Zerah","dari-Zerah"]·IT["Zerach","Zerah","a-Zerah","e-Zerah"]·jav["Kagem-Zérah","Zerah","Zérah","kagem-Zérah","lan-Zerah"]·KO["그리고-세라","그리고-제라와","세라","세라가","세라라","세라의","제라-에게","제라의"]·PT["De-Zerach","Zerach","Zerah","de-Zerach","e-Zerach"]·RU["Зерах","Зераха","и-Зара","и-Зерах","от-Зераха","сынов"]·ES["De-Zéraj","Zera","Zeraj","Zéraj","de-Zéraj","y-Zeraj"]·SW["Zera","akamruka-Zara","kwa-Zera","na-Zera"]·TR["-Zerah'a","Zerah","Zerah'ı","Zerah'ın","ve-Zerah"]·urd["اور-زارح","زارح","زارح-سے","زارح-کا","زارح-کے","زرح","زرح-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. זֶ֫רַח n.pr.m. (on form cf. LgBN77, and Anm.)— 1. 𝔊 Ζαρα, son of Judah and Tamar Gn 38:30; 46:12 (both J), 1 Ch 2:4 (all זָ֑רַח), v 6; as head of a family Nu 26:20 Jos 7:1 (both P), v 18, 24 (JE), 22:20 (P) 1 Ch 9:6 (𝔊L Ζηρα), Ne 11:24 (cf. SmListen 7). 2. Edomites: a. 𝔊 Ζαρε Gn 36:13, 17 (both P) = 1 Ch 1:37. b. 𝔊 Ζαρα Gn 36:33 (P) = 1 Ch 1:44 (b=a?). 3. 𝔊L Ζαρα, Levites: a. (var.…