The name Jerahmeel ( Hebrew יְרַחְמְאֵל, Yəraḥməʾēl; Greek ιραμεηλ) appears several times in the Tanakh. It means "He will obtain mercy of God", [1] "God pities", [2] "May God have compassion", [3] "May God pity", [4] or "Moon from God". [5]
There are probably three distinct persons of that name in the Tanakh. [1] [2] [3] In order of their lifetimes they are:
The Jerahmeelites were a people, presumably descended from Jerahmeel number 1 above, living in the Negev, who David, while in service with the Philistines, claimed to have attacked ( 1 Samuel 27:10), but with whom he was really on friendly terms [4] ( 1 Samuel 30:29).
Cheyne developed a theory that made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel, [2] but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful. [8]
In some deuterocanonical and apocryphal writings, there are references to an archangel variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel).
The Chronicles of Jerahmeel is a medieval document ascribed to the 12th century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon, and is unrelated to any of the above.
The name Jerahmeel ( Hebrew יְרַחְמְאֵל, Yəraḥməʾēl; Greek ιραμεηλ) appears several times in the Tanakh. It means "He will obtain mercy of God", [1] "God pities", [2] "May God have compassion", [3] "May God pity", [4] or "Moon from God". [5]
There are probably three distinct persons of that name in the Tanakh. [1] [2] [3] In order of their lifetimes they are:
The Jerahmeelites were a people, presumably descended from Jerahmeel number 1 above, living in the Negev, who David, while in service with the Philistines, claimed to have attacked ( 1 Samuel 27:10), but with whom he was really on friendly terms [4] ( 1 Samuel 30:29).
Cheyne developed a theory that made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel, [2] but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful. [8]
In some deuterocanonical and apocryphal writings, there are references to an archangel variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel).
The Chronicles of Jerahmeel is a medieval document ascribed to the 12th century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon, and is unrelated to any of the above.