Hebrew word · H2458

חֶלְאָה

chel'ah

Helah

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.5; married to Ashhur (H0806);

mother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976)

§ Helah = "rust"

one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:5 חֶלְאָ֖ה Helah

    Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

    Here: The first wife's name. Verse 7 names her sons: Zereth, Izhar/Zohar and Ethnan. What the name meant is uncertain. The same spelling is used as a common noun for "rust" or "corrosion" (Ezek 24:6, 11–12), but a personal name may come from a different root.

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:7 חֶלְאָ֑ה Helah

    The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

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