JALAM

ja'-lam (ya`lam, according to BDB following Septuagint Ieglom, in Gen, from `alam, meaning "to conceal"; according to Gunkel, Gen3, 390, from ya`el, "mountain-goat"; see HPN , 90, note 5; King James Version Jaalam): In Genesis 36:5,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35, a son of Esau, mentioned as the 1 Chronicles 2nd son by Oholibamah; probably an Edomite clan.

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Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.