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Perez, also written as Pharez / Peretz ( Hebrew: פֶּרֶץ / פָּרֶץ, Modern Pereṣ / Pareṣ Tiberian Péreṣ / Pāreṣ ), was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis. [ 1][ 2] The twins were conceived after Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah into having sexual intercourse with her by ...
Perizzites. The Perizzites ( Hebrew: פְּרִזִּי, romanized : Pərizzi) are a group of people mentioned many times in the Hebrew Bible as having lived in the land of Canaan before the arrival of the Israelites. The name may be related to a Hebrew term meaning "rural person." [ 1]
Baroque painting of the death of Uzzah by Giulio Quaglio the Younger in a medallion in Ljubljana Cathedral (1704) According to the Tanakh, עזה, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning "Her Strength", was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant. The account of Uzzah appears in two places in scripture: 2 Samuel 6:3-8 [ 1 ...
Manuel Pérez (guerrilla leader) (died 1988), leader of the Colombian National Liberation Army from the 1970s to 1998. Manuel Perez (musician) (1871–1946), American cornetist and bandleader. Manuel Pérez (President of Nicaragua) (died 1852), President of Nicaragua 1843–1844.
Er is also a name listed by the Gospel of Luke 's version of the genealogy of Jesus. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Er ( Hebrew: עֵר, Modern: Er, Tiberian: ʻĒr "watcher"; [1] Greek: Ἤρ) was the eldest son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, the daughter of Shuah. He is described as marrying Tamar. [2] According to the text, "the L ORD ...
Hezron. Hezron ( Hebrew: חֶצְרוֹן, Modern: H̱eṣrōn, Tiberian: Ḥeṣrōn) is a name which occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible . It may refer to: A plain in the south of Judah, south of Kadesh-barnea. ( Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:3) A son of Reuben (son of Jacob). ( Book of Genesis 46:9)
Judah (left) talking to Tamar (right) (1606–1669), by Rembrandt. Judah is the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob and his first wife, Leah: his full brothers are Reuben, Simeon and Levi (all older), and Issachar and Zebulun (younger), and he has one full sister, Dinah. Through his father, he also has six half-brothers: Dan and Naphtali (whose ...
Son of Tamar and Judah. According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez ( Genesis 38:30 ). This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:3 . Zerah is also listed as the ancestor of Achan, who was stoned to death as recounted in the Book of Joshua ( Joshua 7:1 ).