◄ 775. Arpakshad ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs אַרְמַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Genesis 10:22,24; Genesis 11:12,13; 1 Chronicles 1:17,18,24; אַרְמַּכְשָׁ֑ד Genesis 11:10,11; doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so SchrCOT Genesis 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (compare Genesis 11:12f. & אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31); see another interpretations DlPa 255; according to most = Arrapachitis on Upper Zab, northeast from Nineveh, Assyrian Arba—a, Armen. Albak LagArmen. Stud. 55 & references so Bo MV, Di Genesis 10:22 LagSy i. 54 NöZMG 1882, 182; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this). Forms and Transliterations אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֗ד אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד ארפכשד וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣ד וארפכשד ’ar·paḵ·šaḏ ’ar·paḵ·šāḏ ’arpaḵšaḏ ’arpaḵšāḏ arpachShad vearpachShad wə’arpaḵšaḏ wə·’ar·paḵ·šaḏ Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts