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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

MARESHAH (Person)

1. Caleb’s firstborn son and the father of Hebron (1 Chr 2:42; rsv, based on the Greek text). He is alternately called Mesha in the Hebrew text (rsv mg). See Mesha (Person) #2.

Show passage in OET: CH1 2:42

OET-RV CH1 2:42

42 The oldest son of Yerahme’el’s brother Kalev (Caleb) was Meysha. Meysha was the father of Zif, and Zif was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hevron.

OET-LV CH1 2:42

42 And_the _sons of _Kālēⱱ/(Caleb) the _brother _of Yəraḩmə^ʼēl/(Jerahmeel) were_Mesha his/its_firstborn he was_the _father _of Zīf and_the _sons of _Marʼēshāh were_the _father _of Ḩeⱱrōn.

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2. Perhaps a Judahite son of Laadah (1 Chr 4:21).

Show passage in OET: CH1 4:21

OET-RV CH1 4:21

21 The sons of Shela (one of Yehudah’s (Judah) sons) were Er (father of Lekah), Laedah (father of Mareshah and the clans who worked with linen at Beyt-Eshbea),

OET-LV CH1 4:21

21 The _sons _of Shēlāh the _son _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) were_ˊĒr the _father _of Lēkāh and_Laˊdāh the _father _of Marʼēshāh and_the _clans _of the _house _of the _work _of (the)_fine _linen of_the _house _of of _ʼEshbēˊa.

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