לְ/זֶ֕רַח
𐤋/𐤆𐤓𐤇
Zerach
of 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.
Numbers 26:20 · Word #11
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 HR/Np
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | of Zerah |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2226-01
to Shining-One
| Morphological Notes | Preposition לְ ("to") + proper masculine singular noun (personal name). |
| Rendering Rationale | The form consists of the preposition לְ ("to") attached to the proper name זֶרַח, derived from the root זרח meaning "to shine" or "to rise like the sun." Rendering it as "Shining-One" preserves the participial, light-oriented sense embedded in the name while reflecting the prefixed preposition. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to Zerach
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: to Shining-One |
AI-generated (generate_p2_names)