H3743 H3743
Cherub, a location in Babylonia from which returnees came
This place name appears in Ezra 2:59 and Nehemiah 7:61 in identical contexts, listing returnees who couldn't prove their Israelite ancestry. These people came from Cherub (along with Tel-melah and Tel-harsha) but lacked genealogical records. The name is identical to the word for the angelic cherubim, though this is clearly a geographical location in Babylonia. The preserved name of this exile settlement shows how displaced Israelites maintained location identifiers, even when they couldn't maintain ancestral documentation.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A Babylonian location from which exiles returned to Judah. Both references describe the same historical situation: people from Cherub unable to prove their Israelite lineage. The place name's identity with the term for heavenly beings (cherubim) is likely coincidental, though possibly reflecting hopes or religious naming by the exilic community. These towns represented exile settlements that preserved some Jewish identity despite genealogical gaps. 2×
AR["كَروبَ", "كَرُوبَ"]·ben["করূব"]·DE["[כרוב]"]·EN["Cherub", "Keruv"]·FR["[כרוב]"]·heb["כרוב"]·HI["करूब"]·ID["Kerub"]·IT["[כרוב]"]·jav["Kerub"]·KO["그룹"]·PT["Keruv"]·RU["Керув", "Керува"]·ES["Querub"]·SW["Kerubi", "Kerubu"]·TR["Kerub", "Keruv"]·urd["کروب"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† I. כְּרוּב n.pr.loc. in Babylonia Esr 2:59; Neh 7:61.