H5904 H5904
Ir-Nachash (City of Nachash), possibly named after a person or meaning 'city of bronze/serpent'
Ir-Nachash appears in Judah's genealogical records with an intriguing name that could mean either 'city of the serpent,' 'city of bronze,' or be named after a person called Nachash. Nachash was the name of the Ammonite king who threatened Jabesh-Gilead in Saul's time, and possibly Zeruiah and Abigail's father. The Septuagint renders it as 'city of Naas,' treating Nachash as a personal name. This demonstrates how Hebrew place names often embedded historical memory of founders or significant events.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place name in 1 Chronicles 4:12 within Judah's genealogy. The translations preserve it as a proper name (English: 'Ir-Nachash', Spanish: 'Ir-Najas'), maintaining the compound form that associates the settlement with Nachash, whether that refers to a person, to bronze-working, or to another distinguishing feature. The single mention leaves the precise historical context uncertain. 1×
AR["عير-ناحاش"]·ben["ঈর-নাহশের"]·DE["[עיר נחש]"]·EN["Ir-Nachash"]·FR["[עיר נחש]"]·heb["עירנחש"]·HI["ईर-नाहाश"]·ID["Ir-Nahas"]·IT["[עיר נחש]"]·jav["Ir-Nahas"]·KO["이르나하스"]·PT["'Ir-Nachash"]·RU["Ир-Нахаша"]·ES["Ir-Najas"]·SW["wa-Ir-Nahashi"]·TR["İr-Nahaş'ın"]·urd["عیر-نحاش-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
† II. נָחָשׁ n.pr.m. 1. king of Ammon 1 S 11:1(×2), 2; 12:12 2 S 10:2 1 Ch 19:1, 2; perhaps also 2 S 17:27; 𝔊 Ναας. 2. father of Abigail and Zeruiah 2 S 17:25, si vera l.; 𝔊 Ναας, but 𝔊L Ιεσσαι (cf. 1 Ch 2:16); WeGesch. 2, 57 Anm. 1 Löhr defend נחשׁ; dub. WeSm HPS. 3. giving name to a city עִיר נ׳ 1 Ch 4:12, 𝔊 πόλεως Ναας; 𝔊L Ηρναας.