Genesis 10 – Noah’s Descendants – Names and Meanings

Genesis 10 – Noah’s Descendants – Name and Meanings

Noah – “Rest”
     Shem – “Name (Character)”
     Ham – “Hot”
     Japheth – “Wonder”

Japheth – “Wonder”
     Gomer – “Complete”
     Magog – “Roof”
     Madai – “Measure”
     Javan – “Wine”
     Tubal – “Flow”
     Meshech – “Draw out”
     Tiras – “Breaking”

Gomer – “Complete”
     Ashkenaz – “Fire Spread”
     Riphath – “Health”
     Togarmah – “Gnaw a bone”

Javan – “Wine”
     Elishah – “God is help”
     Tarshish – “Contemplate”
     Kittim – “Bruisers”
     Dodanim – “Passion(s)”

Ham – “Hot”
     Cush – “Black”
     Mitzraim – “Troubles”
     Put – “Bow”
     Canaan – “Lowered”

Cush – “Black”
     Seba – “Drunkard”
     Havilah – “Twisting”
     Sabtah – “Go about”
     Raamah – “Mane of a horse”
     Sabteca – “Lead around”

Raamah – “Mane of a horse”
     Sheba – “Seven”
     Dedan – “Friendship”

Cush – “Black”
     Nimrod – “Rebellion”
     Nimrod’s kingdom was from Babel, Erech, Accad, Calneh in the land of Shinar.
     From the land of Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehovoth-ir, Calah and Resen between Nineveh and         Calah.

          Babel – “Confusion”
          Erech – “Long”
          Accad – “Jar”
          Calneh – “Consummation”
          Shinar – “Country of two rivers”
          Asshur – “Step”
          Nineveh – “Agreeable”
          Rehovoth-ir – “Wide streets of the city”
          Calah – “Old Age”
       
Mitzraim – “Troubles”
     Ludim – “Birth”
     Anamim – “Affliction of water”
     Lehabim – “Flame”
     Haphtuhim – “Opening”
     Pathrusim – “Mouthful of dough”
     Casluhim – ” Fortified” whence the Phillistines “Immigrant” came forth
     Caphtorim – “Knob”

Canaan – “Lowered”
     Zidon – “Hunting”
     Heth – “Shattered”
     Jebusite – “He threshes”
     Amorite – “Sayer”
     Girgashite – “Stranger on clods”
     Hivite – “Village (-ers)”
     Arkite – “Gnawing”
     Sinite – “Thorn”
     Arvadite – “I will preside over”
     Zemarite – “Woolen”
     Hamathite – “Fortress”

Boundaries of the Canaanite – Zidon toward Gerar, as far as Gaza, going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

       Canaanite – “Lowered”
              Zidon – “Hunting”
              Gerar – “Chew”
              Gaza – “Strong”
              Sodom – “Secret”
              Gomorrah – “Rebellion”
              Adman – “Red ground”
              Zeboiim – “Gazzells”
              Lasha – “Fissure”

Shem – “Name (Character)”
     Elam – “Ancient”
     Asshur – “Step”
     Arpachshad – “I will fail the breast”
     Lud – “Birth”
     Aram – “Palace”

Aram – “Palace”
     Uz – “Counsel”
     Hul – “Twist”
     Gether – “Fear”
     Mash – “Drawn out”

Arpachshad – “I will fail the breast”
     Shelah – “Sent”

Shelah – “Sent”
    Eber – “Cross over”

Eber – “Cross over”
     Peleg – “Half”
     Joktan – “He is small”

Joktan – “He is small”
    Almodad – “God measures”
    Sheleph – “Pull”
    Hazarmaveth – “Yard of death”
    Jerah – “Moon”
     Hadoram – “Honor”
     Uzal – “Waver”
     Diklah – “Palm Grove”
     Obal – “Round”
     Abimael – “My father is from God”
    Sheba – “Seven”
    Ophir – “Reduced to ashes”
    Havilah – “Twisting”
    Jobab – “Howler”

They dwelled extended from Mesha “Storm” toward Sephar “Numbering”.