Ephah
Ephah (Midianites.[3]
Ephah is mentioned again in Isaiah 60:6 as a transporter of gold and frankincense from Sheba, who shall thus bring enlargement to Judah and praise to Yahweh.[3] Ephah is described as a land whence dromedaries would come to Israel: "A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah."[4]
The tribe of Ephah is mentioned in inscriptions of the 8th-century BC
Other uses
In the Bible, the name Ephah is also used of a concubine of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:46) and a son of Jahdai, a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:47).[3]
References
- IPA-ified from «ē´fä»
- ^ Genesis 25:1–4; I Chronicles 1:32–33
- ^ a b c Charles B. Williams, "Ephah." International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1906).
- ISBN 978-0-8308-7585-6.
- ^ Wayne T. Pitard, "Midian", in Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan (eds.), The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Oxford University Press, 1993).
- ^ Israel Ephʻal, The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent, 9th–5th Centuries B.C. (Magnes Press, 1982), pp. 216–217.