תֶּרַח Tarah
Every verse in which this name stands — 12 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.
The father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert. The name stands twelve times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 11:24 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:26.
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־תֶּרַח תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
וַֽיְחִי־תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָֽן
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת־לֽוֹט
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל־פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים
And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־הָרָן בֶּן־בְּנוֹ וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתוֹ אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
וַיִּסְעוּ מִתָּחַת וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּתָֽרַח
And they journeyed from Tahath, and pitched in Terah.
וַיִּסְעוּ מִתָּרַח וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמִתְקָֽה
And they journeyed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר יָשְׁבוּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם מֵֽעוֹלָם תֶּרַח אֲבִי אַבְרָהָם וַאֲבִי נָחוֹר וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִֽים
And Joshua said unto all the people: ‘Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods.
שְׂרוּג נָחוֹר תָּֽרַח
Serug, Nahor, Terah;
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Tarah?
Tarah — תרח in Hebrew — has a gematria of 608 in the standard method.
How many times is Tarah named in the Tanakh?
12 times, first at Genesis 11:24.
A spelling is not a name. The written word תרח stands 11 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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