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אַלְמוֹדָד

𐤀𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤃𐤃

Alemodad

H486 noun

SILEX Entry

Root uncertain uncertain (proper name only)

Definition

A personal name; Almodad, one of the sons of Yoktan (Joktan) listed among ancestral figures of Arabian tribes. The term functions exclusively as a proper noun identifying an individual in genealogical contexts, with no additional semantic range attested in biblical Hebrew outside this onomastic use.

Semantic Range

personal name, proper noun in genealogies

Root / Etymology

Etymology uncertain. The form אַלְמוֹדָד does not transparently derive from any known Hebrew root, and is likely of foreign (non-Hebrew, possibly South Arabian or Semitic) origin. The name is preserved as received in the biblical genealogical lists.

Historical & Contextual Notes

אַַלְמוֹדָד appears only in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20 as a son of Yoktan (Joktan), among a list of names generally associated with ancestral founders of tribes or regions in southern Arabia. The precise meaning and origin of the name remains unclear; it is not linked to an attested Hebrew root or term. The use of the name in later traditions as 'Almodad' reflects the transliteration of the original. English translations generally retain the name with minimal alteration. There is no evidence that the term was used for any concept apart from its proper-name referent in biblical texts. Unlike some other genealogical names in the Genesis 10 table, Almodad has not attracted significant interpretive tradition in classical Jewish or Christian literature.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

probably of foreign derivation; Almodad, a son of Joktan; Almodad.

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Root Family

uncertain (uncertain) — uncertain (proper name only)

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1085 בִּלְדַּד Bildad
H1095 בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר Belteshatsar
H1114 בִּלְשָׁן Bilshan
H1150 בִּנְעָא Bin'a
H116 אֱדַיִן and then

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H486-01 אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד alemodad HNp Almodad Almodad 2

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H486-01 Genesis 10:26 אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד alemodad HNp Almodad Almodad
H486-01 1 Chronicles 1:20 אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד alemodad HNp Almodad Almodad
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