Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2437 - חִירָה Chirah (a friend of Judah)

Original Word:	חִירָה
Transliteration:	Chirah
Definition:	a friend of Judah
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(khee-raw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Hirah

From chavar in the sense of splendor; Chirah, an Adullamite -- Hirah.

see HEBREW chavar

Englishman's Concordance

Hirah=“a noble family”
1) an Adullamite, the friend of Judah
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2357 in the sense of splendour

Brown-Driver-Briggs

הִירָהproper name, masculine (√ חור but meaning dubious) an Adullamite, friend of Judah Genesis 38:1,12 (both J), ᵐ5Ειρας.

חוּרָם see חִירָם below אַח, אחה above.

II. חור (√ of following; compare Arabic bend, turn, incline, of man be weak, Lane^820c, hollow, depressed ground between hills).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2437. חִירָה (Chirah) — 2 Occurrences

Genesis 38:1
HEB:עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ חִירָֽה׃
NAS: Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
KJV: Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.
INT: Adullamite name was Hirah

Genesis 38:12
HEB:צֹאנוֹ֙ ה֗וּא וְחִירָ֛ה רֵעֵ֥הוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י
NAS: he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
KJV: he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
INT: cattle he Hirah and his friend the Adullamite

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