And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
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- The Family of Judah 1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?” 2. שׁוּע shûa‛, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.” 3. ער ‛êr, ‘Er, “watching.” 4. אונן 'ônân,…
Adam Clarke
His name was called Zarah - זרה Zarach, risen or sprung up, applied to the sun, rising and diffusing his light. "He had this name," says Ainsworth, "because he should have risen, i. e., have been born…
Here is, I. Judah's rigour against Tamar, when he heard she was an adulteress. She was, in the eye of the law, Shelah's wife, and therefore her being with child by another was looked upon as an injury…
Cambridge Bible
Zerah A word which probably meant "the rising of the sun"; but was apparently in popular etymology connected with a word meaning "scarlet." See, for Zerah, an Edomite, Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17; Gen…