Every Name in Tanakh

יְרַחְמְאֵל Jerahmeel

Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 289×8 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:26 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:29.

Jeremiah 36:26ירמיהו לו:כו

וַיְצַוֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־יְרַחְמְאֵל בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֶת־שְׂרָיָהוּ בֶן־עַזְרִיאֵל וְאֶת־שֶֽׁלֶמְיָהוּ בֶּֽן־עַבְדְּאֵל לָקַחַת אֶת־בָּרוּךְ הַסֹּפֵר וְאֵת יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא וַיַּסְתִּרֵם יְהוָֽה

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the LORD hid them.

1 Chronicles 2:9דברי הימים א ב:ט

וּבְנֵי חֶצְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר נוֹלַד־לוֹ אֶת־יְרַחְמְאֵל וְאֶת־רָם וְאֶת־כְּלוּבָֽי

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

1 Chronicles 2:25דברי הימים א ב:כה

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־יְרַחְמְאֵל בְּכוֹר חֶצְרוֹן הַבְּכוֹר רָם וּבוּנָה וָאֹרֶן וָאֹצֶם אֲחִיָּֽה

And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

1 Chronicles 2:26דברי הימים א ב:כו

וַתְּהִי אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת לִֽירַחְמְאֵל וּשְׁמָהּ עֲטָרָה הִיא אֵם אוֹנָֽם

And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 2:27דברי הימים א ב:כז

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־רָם בְּכוֹר יְרַחְמְאֵל מַעַץ וְיָמִין וָעֵֽקֶר

And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

1 Chronicles 2:33דברי הימים א ב:לג

וּבְנֵי יוֹנָתָן פֶּלֶת וְזָזָא אֵלֶּה הָיוּ בְּנֵי יְרַחְמְאֵֽל

And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

1 Chronicles 2:42דברי הימים א ב:מב

וּבְנֵי כָלֵב אֲחִי יְרַחְמְאֵל מֵישָׁע בְּכֹרוֹ הוּא אֲבִי־זִיף וּבְנֵי מָרֵשָׁה אֲבִי חֶבְרֽוֹן

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Jerahmeel?

Jerahmeel — ירחמאל in Hebrew — has a gematria of 289 in the standard method.

How many times is Jerahmeel named in the Tanakh?

8 times, first at Jeremiah 36:26.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ירחמאל stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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