- Almodad
Almodad, was a descendant of
Noah and the first named son ofJoktan in ] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such asSheba andHavilah , who are both identified as coming from that region. [Skinner, D.D., John, "A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on Genesis", T&T Clark Ltd., 1910 (1980 ed.), p. 221. ISBN 0567050017.]According to Easton's Bible Dictionary "Almodad" means "immeasurable", however it has also been translated as "not measured", [StrongHebrew|486] "measurer", [cite book | title = Secrets of the Lost Races: New Discoveries of Advanced Technology in Ancient Civilizations | author = Rene Noorbergen | year = 2001 | publisher = TEACH Services, Inc. | isbn = 1572581980 ] "measure of God", [cite book | url = http://christianthings.com/reading/biblena.html | title = Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible | author = Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, Nathaniel West, Alexander Cruden | year = 1870 | publisher = A.J. Johnson | isbn = 0837017424 ] "the beloved," or, "God is beloved", [cite encyclopedia | year = 1915 | title = Almodad | encyclopedia =
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ] "God is love", [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names Part 1 | title = Almodad | author = Thomas Inman | pages = p.231 | year = 2002 | publisher = Kessinger Publishing | id = ISBN 0766126684 ] and "God is a friend". [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Comprehensive Dictionary of English & Hebrew First Names | author = Alfred J. Kolatch | title = Almodad | pages = p39 | year = 2005 | publisher = Jonathan David Company | id = ISBN 0824604555 ] [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = HCSB Super Giant Print Dictionary and Concordance | author = David K. Stabnow | title = Almodad | pages = p.47 | year = 2006 | publisher = Broadman & Holman | id = ISBN 0805494898 ]Many translations and scholarly works use "Elmodad", including
Josephus , [cite book | author = Josephus | title =Antiquities of the Jews | chapterurl = http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-1.htm | chapter = Book I ]Douay Rheims Bible [ [http://www.hebrewoldtestament.com/B13C001.htm "The First Book of the Chronicles"] , Parallel Hebrew Old Testament] and the Targum Ps.-Jonathan, which elaborates Gen 10:26 and says "begot "Elmodad", who measured the earth with cords." [cite book | chapterurl = http://www.targum.info/pj/pjgen6-11.htm | title = Targum Ps.-Jonathan | chapter = Section II. Toledoth ] [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Bible Dictionary | title = Almo'dad | year = 1875 | pages = p.51 | id = OCLC|26196495 ] [cite journal | title = Yonton Revisited: A Case Study in the Reception of Hellenistic Science within Early Judaism | author = Alexander Toepel,University of Tübingen | journal = Harvard Theological Review | year = 2006 | volume = 99 | pages = pp.235–245 | publisher = Cambridge University Press doi = 10.1017/S0017816006001234 ]See also
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List of minor Biblical figures Further reading
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