Lexical Definition

‎יָרִיב‎ Yârîyb (yaw-rebe') Jarib ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎יָרִיב‎

Jarib.

• § Jarib = "he contends"
• Jarib, the name of three Israelites

1) a son of Simeon
2) one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra
3) son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away

Extended Information

name of: יָכִין

• 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), Zerah (זֶרַח) and Shaul (שָׁאוּל); also called Jarib at 1Ch.4.24
• Another name of ya.khin (‎י‎ָ‎כ‎ִ‎ין‎ "Jachin" יָכִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: יָכִין

‎יָרִיב‎ proper name, masculine (he contendeth or taketh (our) part, conducteth (our) case; compare Sabean ‎ירב‎ Hal⁶¹⁵); —

1. son of Simeon 1Chr 2:24, Ιαρειν[μ, β], = ‎יָכִין‎ 1, see below ‎כון‎.

2. post-exilic names, Ιαρειμ[β], etc.:
a. Ezra 8:16, perhaps =
b. Ezra 10:18.

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