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Rehum (personal name, 'compassion, mercy')
This post-exilic name, likely meaning 'compassion' or 'gentleness' from the root רחם, identifies multiple individuals who returned with Zerubbabel and worked with Nehemiah. Textual variants and parallel passages show some confusion in transmission, with possible identification with other similarly-named individuals.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — Post-exilic personal name for several individuals: (1) One who returned with Zerubbabel in Ezra 2:2 (= Nehum in parallel Nehemiah 7:7); (2) A priest named רְחֻם in Nehemiah 12:3 (possibly = Harim in verse 15); (3) A Levite who helped repair the wall in Nehemiah 3:17; (4) A sealer of Nehemiah's covenant in Nehemiah 10:25 (10:26 Eng.). The name derives from רָחַם ('have compassion'), yielding 'compassion' or 'mercy' as a theophoric substitute. Septuagint renderings vary (Ναουμ, Ρεουμ, Ραουμ), reflecting textual fluidity in genealogical lists. Spanish and French transliterate 'Rehum/Rejum,' treating it as an opaque proper name. 4×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["رَحومُ", "رَحُوم", "رَحُومَ", "رَحُومُ"]·ben["রহূম"]·DE["[רחום]", "erbarmte-sich"]·EN["Rechum", "Rehum"]·FR["Rehum", "[רחם]"]·heb["רחום", "רחם"]·HI["रहूम", "रहूम-के-अधीन", "रेहूम"]·ID["Rehum"]·IT["Rehum", "[רחם]"]·jav["Rehum"]·KO["르후이", "르훈", "르훔"]·PT["Rechum", "Rehum"]·RU["Рехум", "Рехумом"]·ES["Rehum", "Rejum"]·SW["Rehumu"]·TR["Rehum"]·urd["رحوم"]
Ezra 2:2, Neh 3:17, Neh 10:25, Neh 12:3
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רְחוּם, רְחֻם n. pr. m. (compassion, or softness, gentleness?);—post-exilic name: 1. with Zerub.: a. רְחוּם Ezr 2:2, A Ιρεουμʼ, 𝔊L Ναουμ (= נְחוּם ‖ Ne 7:7). b. priest, רְחֻם Ne 12:3 Ρεουμ (= חָרִם v 15, cf. 7:42 = Ezr 2:39, Ezr 10:21, v. חָרִם 3a). 2. רְחוּם, with Neh.: a. Levite Ne 3:17, Βασουθ, א A 𝔊L Ραουμ. b. Ne 10:26, Ρα[ε]ουμ.