firstborn, firstling

1. of men and women

2. of animals

3. noun of relation (fig.)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Enoch = "dedicated"

1. eldest son of Cain

2. son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying

   proper locative noun

3. the city which Cain built and named after his son Enoch

   proper masculine noun

Hanoch = "dedicated"

1. a son of Midian, the third child

2. the eldest son of Reuben

Hezron = "surrounded by a wall"

1. a son of Reuben

2. a son of Pharez and grandson of Judah

   proper locative noun

3. a place in the extreme south of Judah

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Carmi = "my vineyard"

1. the 4th son of Reuben and progenitor of the Carmites

2. a Judaite, father of Achan, the 'troubler of Israel' in the time of Joshua

Pallu or Phallu = "distinguished"

1. the 2nd son of Reuben, father of Eliab, and progenitor of a family of Israel

Reuben = "behold a son"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Reuben

3. the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben