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Hadoram
(
Hebrew
:
????????
H???r?m
) is the son of
Joktan
mentioned in the
Book of Genesis
of the
Hebrew Bible
.
Noah
had three sons:
Shem
,
Ham
, and
Japheth
. One of Shem's sons was
Arpachshad
. One of Arpachshad's grandsons was
Eber
. Eber had two sons:
Peleg
and
Joktan
.
Joktan had many sons including Hadoram as the
Book of Genesis
(10:26-30) states:
- Yoktan (Joktan) was the father of Almodad, Shelef, Chatzarmaveth, Yerach, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obhal, Abhimael, Sh'bha,
Ophir
, Havilah, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoktan. Their settlements extended from Meshah toward Sepher, the eastern mountain.
[1]
According to
Rabbi
Aryeh Kaplan
's footnotes: "Hadarom: Some interpret this as denoting 'the south.' This was a fortress to the south of (
Yemen
's)
Sana'a
(
Kesseth HaSofer
). See
1 Chronicles
18:10; Zechariah 12:11."
[2]
Hadoram was also the name of the son of the king of
Hamath
,
Tou
, in 1 Chronicles 18.
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