H3397 H3397
The Jerahmeelites, a clan or tribe in southern Judah mentioned in 1 Samuel 27:10 and 30:29
This gentilics adjective designates a clan or tribal group dwelling in the Negev region of southern Judah during David's outlaw period. The Jerahmeelites appear among the groups David raided (or claimed to raid) while serving Achish of Gath, and later they received spoils from his Amalekite victory. Their connection to Jerahmeel son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2) suggests they were a Judahite subgroup, though some scholars propose more complex tribal relationships in the pre-monarchic south.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Attested in 1 Samuel 27:10 ("the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites") and 30:29 ("cities of the Jerahmeelites"). Both contexts place them in southern Judah's arid regions. The Septuagint shows confusion, rendering it variously as Iesmega, Israelites, Aermon, and Ieramehlei, suggesting Greek translators were uncertain about this southern tribal group's precise identity. 2×
AR["اليَرحمَئيليِّ", "اليَرحمَئيليّينَ"]·ben["যরহ্মেলীয়দের"]·DE["der-Jerahmeelite", "der-Jerahmeelites"]·EN["the-Jerahmeelite", "the-Jerahmeelites"]·FR["le-Jerahmeelite", "le-Jerahmeelites"]·heb["ה-ירחמאלי"]·HI["येरचमेएलि", "येरचमेएलि-के"]·ID["orang-Yerahmeel"]·IT["il-Jerahmeelite", "il-Jerahmeelites"]·jav["tiyang-Yérahméèl"]·KO["그-예라밌의", "그-예라흐멜의"]·PT["o-yerachme'eli"]·RU["иерахмеелитянина"]·ES["el-jerahmeelita"]·SW["Myerahmeeli", "Wayerahmeeli"]·TR["Yerahmeellilerin"]·urd["یرحمیلی-کے", "یرحمیلیوں-کے"]
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
† יְרַחְמְאֵלִי adj.gent. (earlier than fore-going; as tribal name bef. n.pr.m. [For radical view of relations of יְרַח׳, (with many text. emendations), v. CheEncy. Bib.Jerachm.]);—הַיְּר׳ as subst. coll., נֶגֶב היר׳ 1 S 27:10 the Negeb of the Yeraḥmeelites (in S. Judah), (νότον) Ιεσμεγα, A Ισραμηλει, 𝔊L Αερμων; עָרֵי היר׳ 30:29, τοῦ Ισραηλ, A Ιεραμηλει (cf. 1 supr., and GrayProp. N. 214, 265, 307).