Hebrew word · H6197

עֵרָן

le'eran

Eran

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.36;

son of: Shuthelah (H7803);

brother of: Bered (H1260H)

Also named: e.ra.ni (עֵרָנִי "Eranite" H6198)

§ Eran = "watcher"

the eldest son of Ephraim

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

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:36 לְעֵרָ֕ן of Eran

    And the descendants of Shuthelah were the Eranite clan from Eran.

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