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Jaare-oregim — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַעֲרֵי אֹרְגִים

יַעֲרֵי אֹרְגִים

Yaʻărêy ʼÔrᵉgîym · pronounced yah-ar-ay' o-reg-eem' · Strong's H3296 · a man

Jaare-oregim means woods of weavers.

Built from

יַעַר yaʻar (the plural of, H3293) — a copse of bushes open in the lexicon ›

אָרַג ʼârag (active participle of, H707) — to plait or weave open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the plural of H3293 and the masculine plural active participle of H707; woods of weavers; Jaare-Oregim, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Sam 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jaare-oregim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Samuel

2Sam 21:19

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