Iz'har,  II.  [whiteness].
A  man  of  Judah,  family  of  Hezron,  son


Izliah


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Jabbok


of  Ashhur  (1  Chron.  iv.  5-7).    Another  read
ing  is  Zohar.
Iz-li'ah,  in  A.  V.  Jezliah  [perhaps,  deliv
erance].
A  Benjamite,  son  of  Elpaal  and  descended
from  Shaharaim  (1  Chron.  viii.  18).
Iz-ra-hi'ah  [Jehovah  doth  arise  (cp.  Is.
lx.2)].
A  man  of  Issachar,  family  of  Tola,  and  son
of  Uzzi  (1  Chron.  vii.  3).
Iz'ra-nite.
A  member  of  the  family,  or  an  inhabitant
of  the  town,  of  Izrah  (1  Chron.  xxvii.  8),
perhaps  the  same  as  Ezrahite.
Iz'ri  [fashioning,  creative].
A  Levite,  son  of  Jeduthun,  and  head  of
the  fourth  course  for  the  musical  service  of
the  sanctuary  (1  Cbron.  xxv.  11).  Called  in
ver.  3  Zeri  (q.  v.).
Iz-zi'ah,  in  A.  V.  Jeziah  [perhaps,  Jehovah
exulteth].
A  son  of  Parosh.  He  was  induced  by
Ezra  to  put  away  his  foreign  wife  (Ezra
x.  25).
J.
Ja'a-kan,  in  A.  V.  of  1  Chron.  i.  42  Jakan.
Written  Akan  in  Gen.  xxxvi.  27  [Horite
name  of  uncertain  meaning],

A  descendant  or  prominent  branch  of  the
Horites  of  mount  Seir,  who  were  eventually
dispossessed  by  the  Edomites  (Gen.  xxxvi.  20,
21,  27;  1  Chron.  i.  38,  42;  Deut.  ii.  12).  At
the  time  of  the  exodus  sons  of  Jaakan  con
stituted  a  tribe  which  occupied  a  district  on
the  borders  of  Edom  near  mount  Hor,  where
Aaron  died.  The  Israelites  encamped  at  cer
tain  of  their  wells  (Deut.  x.  6;  Num.  xx.  21-
23;  xxxiii.  31).
Ja-a-ko'bah  [supplanting].
A  Sirneonite  prince  (1  Chron.  iv.  36).
Ja'a-lah,  or  Jaala  [doe,  female  ibex].
The  founder  of  a  family,  ranked  among
the  children  of  Solomon's  servants  (Ezra  ii.
56  ;  Neh.  vii.  58).
Ja'a-lam.    See  JALAM.
Ja'a-nai,  in  R.  V.  Janai  [perhaps,  vora
cious  or,  possibly,  Jehovah  answers].
