חִירָהChîyrâh

proper name, masculine: an Adullamite, friend of Judah (Genesis 38:1; Genesis 38:12)

Pronunciation: khee-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2437

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 38:1 About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.
  • Genesis 38:12 Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).