BDB779 [H775]

אַרְפַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Gen 10:22; Gen 10:24; Gen 11:12; Gen 11:13; 1Chr 1:17; 1Chr 1:18; 1Chr 1:24 אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד Gen 11:10; Gen 11:11 doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so Schr^{COT Gen 10:22} who identifies with Babylonia (compare Gen 11:12f. & אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים vGen 11:28 vGen 11:31); see another interpretations Dl^{Pa 255}; according to most = Arrapachitis on Upper Zab, northeast from Nineveh, Assyrian Arba—a, Armen. Albak Lag^{Armen. Stud. 55 & references} so Bo MV, Di Gen 10:22 Lag^{Sy i. 54} Nö^{ZMG 1882, 182}; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this).

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