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  • 18. Nahor

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר, Nāḥôr)• Meaning: Possibly “snorting” or “panting,” though the exact meaning is debated; the name…

  • 19. Terah

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Terah (Hebrew: תֶּרַח, Téraḥ)• Meaning: Possibly “station,” “delay,” or “wanderer”; the name may reflect a life of…

  • 20. Abraham (Abram)

    III. ABRAHAM TO ISRAEL (JACOB) 1. Name and Meaning• Name: Abraham (originally Abram) (Hebrew: אַבְרָם / אַבְרָהָם, ’Avrām / ’Avrāhām)• Meaning: Abram…

  • 21. Isaac

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Isaac (Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Yiṣḥāq)• Meaning: “He laughs” or “laughter,” reflecting the joyful and miraculous nature of his…

  • 22. Jacob (Israel)

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Yaʿăqōḇ); renamed Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yiśrāʾēl)• Meaning: Jacob means “heel-grabber” or “supplanter”; Israel means “he…

  • 23. Judah

    III. PATRIARCHAL AND TRIBAL LINEAGE:  FROM JUDAH TO DAVID (Ruth 4:18–22; Matthew 1:2–6) 1. Name and Meaning• Name: Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה,…

  • 24. Perez

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Perez (Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ, Péreṣ)• Meaning: “Breach” or “breaking through,” from the Hebrew root pāraṣ, meaning “to burst…

  • 25. Hezron

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Hezron (Hebrew: חֶצְרוֹן, Ḥeṣrôn)• Meaning: “Enclosed” or “surrounded by a wall”; from the root ḥāṣar, meaning “to…

  • 26. Ram

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Ram (Hebrew: רָם, Rām)• Meaning: “Exalted” or “high,” from the Hebrew root rûm, meaning “to rise” or…

  • 27. Amminadab

    1. Name and Meaning• Name: Amminadab (Hebrew: עַמִּינָדָב, ʿAmmînāḏāḇ)• Meaning: “My kinsman is noble” or “people of the prince”; from ʿam (“people”)…