זָ֑רַח
𐤆𐤓𐤇
Zerach
Zerah
Proper personal name meaning 'shining, brightness, sunrise.' Used as the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible, including a son of Judah (an ancestor of prominent Judahite families), a Simeonite leader, an Edomite clan chief, and the ruler of an invading force from Cush. The semantic field centers on the metaphor of radiance or rising light, but in practice, the term functions primarily as a personal and sometimes clan name.
1 Chronicles 2:4 · Word #8
Lexicon H2226
| Lemma | זֶרַח |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤆𐤓𐤇 |
| Transliteration | Zerach |
| Strong's | H2226 |
| Definition | Proper personal name meaning 'shining, brightness, sunrise.' Used as the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible, including a son of Judah (an ancestor of prominent Judahite families), a Simeonite leader, an Edomite clan chief, and the ruler of an invading force from Cush. The semantic field centers on the metaphor of radiance or rising light, but in practice, the term functions primarily as a personal and sometimes clan name. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | Zerah |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2226-04
Shining-One
| Morphological Notes | Proper masculine singular personal name (noun, HNp), derived from the verbal root זרח. |
| Rendering Rationale | The name derives from the root זרח meaning "to rise" or "to shine," especially of the sun. Rendering it as "Shining-One" preserves the participial/abstract sense embedded in the proper name while reflecting its masculine singular form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Zerach
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: to Shining-One |