The name Jerahmeel (Hebrew , Yəraḥməʾēl; Greek ) appears several times in the Tanakh. It means "He will obtain mercy of God",Alfred Jones, Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names 1856, republished Kregel Publications 1990 "God pities",, "May God have compassion", or "May God pity".
Bearers of the name There are probably three distinct persons of that name in the Tanakh. In order of their lifetimes they are: a son of Hezron and great-grandson of Judah, the son of Jacob, as given in the extended genealogies in , and . a son of Kish, one of the Levites appointed by David to administer the temple worship, as described in . a son of the king,or, according to the interpretation of the King James version, a son of Hammelech sent with others by Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch ben Neriah and Jeremiah the prophet, as given in Jeremiah 36:26. An old bulla with the inscription "Jerahmeel the king's son" has been found and considered authentic.Avigad, Nachman. Baruch the Scribe and Yerahme'el the King’s Son. Israel Exploration Journal (IEJ) 28:52. 1978
The Jerahmeelites 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 in 1 Samuel 27:10, but with whom he was really on friendly terms according to 1 Samuel 30:29.
Thomas Kelly Cheyne developed a theory that made the Jerahmeelites into a significant part of the history of Israel but most subsequent scholars have dismissed his ideas as fanciful.
An archangel In some deuterocanonical and apocryphal writings, there are references to an archangel variously called Jeremiel, Eremiel, Remiel, etc. See the article Jerahmeel (archangel).
Chronicles of Jerahmeel The Chronicles of Jerahmeel is a medieval document ascribed to the 12th-century Jewish historian Jerahmeel ben Solomon. It is unrelated to any of the above.
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