Almodad ( Hebrew: אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד ’Almōḏāḏ) was a descendant of Noah and the first named son of Joktan in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20. While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in " Arabia Felix". [1] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah, who are both identified as coming from that region. [2]
According to Easton's Bible Dictionary "Almodad" means "immeasurable", however it has also been translated as "not measured", [3] "measure of God", [4] "the beloved," or, "God is beloved", [5] "God is love", [6] and "God is a friend". [7] [8]
Many translations and scholarly works use "Elmodad", including Josephus, [9] Douay–Rheims Bible [10] and the Targum Ps.-Jonathan, which elaborates Gen 10:26 and says "begot Elmodad, who measured the earth with cords." [11] [12] [13]
The family of this patriarch seems to have been correctly traced by Bochart, in the Almodaei, or Allumaeotae, a central people of Arabia Felix, noticed by Ptolemy; and whose geographical position can be pretty exactly ascertained, both by the statement of the Alexandrine geographer, and by the nature of the adjoining country.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). " Almodad". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
Almodad ( Hebrew: אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד ’Almōḏāḏ) was a descendant of Noah and the first named son of Joktan in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20. While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in " Arabia Felix". [1] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah, who are both identified as coming from that region. [2]
According to Easton's Bible Dictionary "Almodad" means "immeasurable", however it has also been translated as "not measured", [3] "measure of God", [4] "the beloved," or, "God is beloved", [5] "God is love", [6] and "God is a friend". [7] [8]
Many translations and scholarly works use "Elmodad", including Josephus, [9] Douay–Rheims Bible [10] and the Targum Ps.-Jonathan, which elaborates Gen 10:26 and says "begot Elmodad, who measured the earth with cords." [11] [12] [13]
The family of this patriarch seems to have been correctly traced by Bochart, in the Almodaei, or Allumaeotae, a central people of Arabia Felix, noticed by Ptolemy; and whose geographical position can be pretty exactly ascertained, both by the statement of the Alexandrine geographer, and by the nature of the adjoining country.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). " Almodad". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.