Jaminite

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Jamin

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( Numbers 26:12). (See Jaxin), 1. Jam'lech (Heb. Yamlek', יָמְלֵךְ , kingly; Sept. Ἀμαλήχ v. R. Ἀμαλήκ , Ι᾿Εμολόχ ; Vulg. Jealech), a chieftain ( נָשַׂיא ) of the tribe of Simeon, apparently one of those whose family increased so greatly that they invaded the valley of Gedor in the time of Hezekiah, and dispossessed the Hamites ( 1 Chronicles 4:34). B.C. cir. 711.

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