ATARAH (PERSON) [Heb ʿăṭârâ (עֲטָהרָה)]. One of the 2 wives of Jerahmeel and mother of Onam (1 Chr 2:26). From the list of descendants in vv 29–33, one may conjecture that Atarah mothered a more-extended family of Jerahmeelites than did Jerahmeel’s 1st wife Hezron. Since Hezron is also a place name,
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