Lexical Definition

‎יְרַחְמְאֵל‎ Yᵉrachmᵉʼêl (yer-akh-meh-ale') Jerahmeel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎רָחַם‎ and ‎אֵל‎; God will compassionate

Jerahmeel.

• § Jerahmeel = "may God have pity"
• Jerachmeel, the name of three Israelites

1) the 1st son of Hezron, grandson of Pharez, and great grandson of Judah and the founder of the family of Jerahmeelites
2) officer sent by king Jehoiakim of Judah to arrest Baruch
3) a Merarite Levite the representative of the family of Kish, the son of Mahli

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְרַחְמְאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (may El have compassion) Ιεραμεηλ, etc.; —

1. name in Judah 1Chr 2:9; 1Chr 2:25; 1Chr 2:26; 1Chr 2:27; 1Chr 2:33; 1Chr 2:42 (compare adjective, of a people following).

2. son of king Jehoiakim Jer 36:26.

3. Levite, 1Chr 24:29.

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