יְרַחְמְאֵל

Strong’s Definition

Jerachmeel, the name of three Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H7355 (רָחַם) and H410 (אֵל); God will compassionate;

KJV Usage

Jerahmeel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the 1st son of hezron, grandson of pharez, and great grandson of judah and the founder of the family of jerahmeelites
• 2.officer sent by king jehoiakim of judah to arrest baruch
• 3.a merarite levite the representative of the family of kish, the son of mahli

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉrachmᵉʼêl; Pronunciation: yer-akh-meh-ale'