Lexical Definition

‎זַרְחִי‎ Zarchîy (zar-khee') Zerahite ^N:N--PG
patronymically from ‎זֶרַח‎

Zarchite.

• § Zarhites = see Zerah
• a Zarchite or descendant of Zerach

1) descendants of Zerah

Extended Information

group of: זֶרַח

• Someone descended from Zerah who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10
• son of: Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן)
• brother of: Jemuel (יְמוּאֵל), Jamin (יָמִין), Ohad (אֹהַד), Jachin (יָכִין) and Shaul (שָׁאוּל); also called Zerah at Num.26.13, 20
• Group of ze.rach (‎ז‎ֶ֫‎ר‎ַ‎ח‎ "Zerah" זֶרַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זַרְחִי‎ adjective, of a people always with article as substantive collective ‎׳‎‎הַזּ‎:

1. from ‎זֶרַח‎ 1: — Josh 7:17 (twice in verse) (JE), Num 26:20 (P), compare ‎׳‎‎לַזּ‎ 1Chr 27:11; 1Chr 27:13.

2. from ‎זֶרַח‎ 4: — Num 26:13.

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