Lexical Summary Arpakshad: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him Original Word: אַרְפַּכְשַׂדTransliteration: Arpakshad Phonetic Spelling: (ar-pak-shad') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him Meaning: Arpachshad -- third son of Shem, also the region settled by him Strong's Concordance Arphaxad Probably of foreign origin; Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him -- Arphaxad. Brown-Driver-Briggs H775. Arpakshad אַרְמַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:12-13, 1 Chronicles 1:17-18, 24; אַרְמַּכְשָׁ֑ד Genesis 11:10-11, doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so SchrCOT 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (compare 11:12f. & כַּשְׂדִּים אוּר 11:28; 11:31); see another interpretations DlPa 255; according to most = Arrapachitis on Upper Zab, northeast from Nineveh, Assyrian Arba—a, Armen. Albak LagArmen. Stud. 55 & references so Bo MV, Di 10:22 LagSy i. 54 NöZMG 1882, 182; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this). |
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