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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Hirah (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Judah's friend from Adullam. He was there when Judah married a Canaanite woman. Later Judah sent him with a goat to pay the woman he had slept with, who was Tamar in disguise.

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Judah's friend from Adullam. He was there when Judah married a Canaanite woman. Later Judah sent him with a goat to pay the woman he had slept with, who was Tamar in disguise.

Who this is

Hirah was an Adullamite and close friend of Judah, present when Judah married a Canaanite woman and later sent by Judah to deliver a goat to Tamar in payment for what he did not realize was a disguised encounter with his own daughter-in-law (Genesis 38:1, 12, 20).

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The word

H2437

Where it appears
  • Genesis 38:1
  • Genesis 38:12

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