{
  "id": "dict_002909",
  "term": "Jerah",
  "slug": "jerah",
  "letter": "J",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Jerah is a biblical personal name appearing in Old Testament genealogies.",
  "simple_one_line": "A Hebrew proper name found in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.",
  "tooltip_text": "A biblical personal name appearing in the Old Testament genealogies.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Genesis 10",
    "1 Chronicles 1",
    "Joktan",
    "Table of Nations",
    "Genealogy"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Joktan",
    "Table of Nations",
    "Genealogy",
    "Genesis 10",
    "1 Chronicles 1"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Jerah is a biblical personal name best known from the genealogy of Joktan in Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A biblical personal name appearing in Old Testament genealogies.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Found in the Table of Nations genealogy",
    "listed among Joktan's descendants",
    "a proper-name entry, not a doctrinal term."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Jerah is a biblical personal name found in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1. It is not a theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Jerah appears in the Old Testament genealogies as one of Joktan's descendants (Gen 10:26; 1 Chr 1:20). The term is a proper name rather than a doctrinal or conceptual label, so it belongs as a brief biblical-name entry. Its main significance is historical and genealogical, contributing to Scripture's record of families and nations.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Jerah is listed in the post-flood genealogy of Joktan in Genesis 10 and repeated in 1 Chronicles 1. These genealogies function as part of Scripture's historical framework and help trace the spread of nations and families.",
  "background_historical_context": "In the ancient Near Eastern world, genealogies helped preserve lineage, identity, and communal memory. The biblical genealogies serve those purposes while also locating the story of redemption in real history.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Genealogical lists were important in ancient Israel for remembering ancestry, clan identity, and historical continuity. Jerah belongs to that broader biblical pattern of named family lines.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Genesis 10:26",
    "1 Chronicles 1:20"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "A Hebrew proper name transliterated as Jerah.",
  "theological_significance": "The name itself carries no doctrinal teaching, but its inclusion in Scripture contributes to the Bible's historical and genealogical witness.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a proper name, Jerah is not a philosophical category and does not represent a concept or abstraction.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not treat Jerah as a theological term or build unsupported biography beyond the brief genealogical notices provided in Scripture.",
  "major_views_note": "There is no major interpretive debate attached to the name itself; the main question is simply how to classify it correctly.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This entry should remain a concise biblical-name notice. It should not be expanded into unsupported doctrine, symbolism, or biography.",
  "practical_significance": "Jerah reminds readers that Scripture preserves real names and family lines as part of redemptive history.",
  "meta_description": "Jerah is a biblical personal name appearing in the Old Testament genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/jerah/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/jerah.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}