Jorah
Jorah
(Heb. Yorah’, , prob. for , sprinkling, or autumnal rain; Sept. v.r. Vulg. Jora), a man whose descendants (or a place whose former inhabitants) to the number of 112 returned from the Babylonian captivity (Ezr 2:18); called HARIPH in the parallel passage (Neh 7:24). “In Ezra two of De Rossi’s MSS., and originally one of Kennicott’s, had , i.e. Jodah, which is the reading of the Syriac and Arabic versions. One of Kennicott’s MSS. had the original reading in Ezra altered to,, i.e. Joram; and two in Nehemiah read,, i.e. Harim, which corresponds with of the Alexandrian MS., and Churom of the Syriac. In any case, the change or confusion of letters which might have caused the variation of the name is so slight that it is difficult to pronounce. which is the true form, the corruption of Jorah into Hariph being as easily conceivable as the reverse. Burrington (Geneal. 2, 75) decides in favor of the latter, but from a comparison of both passages with Ezr 10:31 we should be inclined to regard Harim () as the true reading in all cases. But, on any supposition, it is difficult to account for the form Azephurith. or, more properly, , in 1Es 5:16, which Burrington considers as having originated in a corruption of the two readings in Ezra and Nehemiah, the second syllable arising from an error of the transcriber in mistaking the uncial E for ”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Jorah
Ezr 2:18. In Neh 7:24 Hariph.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Jorah
JORAH.The name of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:18); called in Neh 7:24 Hariph, which is probably the true form. 1Es 5:16 reads Arsiphurith.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jorah
jora (, yorah meaning uncertain, perhaps harvest-born): A family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:18) = Chariph of Neh 7:24 = Arsiphurith (the King James Version Arzephurith) of 1 Esdras 5:16.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Jorah
[Jo’rah]
Ancestor of some who returned from exile, Ezr 2:18. Apparently called HARIPH in Neh 7:24.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jorah
H3139
A returned exile.
Ezr 2:18
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Jorah
Jo’rah. (the early rain). The ancestor of a family of 112, who returned from Babylon with Ezra. Ezr 2:18. In Neh 7:24, he appears under the name Hariph, or more correctly, the same family are represented, as the Bene-Hariph, (that is, sons of Hariph).