Difference between revisions of "Hushim"

<p> '''1.''' "Children of Dan" (&nbsp;Genesis 46:23); a clan, for the word is plural. In &nbsp;Numbers 26:42 SHUHAM. </p> <p> '''2.''' &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:12. </p> <p> '''3.''' &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:8; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:11. </p>

<p> (Heb. Chushimz', חוּשַׁים, or defect. חֻשַׁים in &nbsp;Genesis 46:23 : &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:12, haste; Sept. ᾿Ωσίμ, but Ἀσόμ in &nbsp;Genesis 46:23, and Ασόβ in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:12), the name of two men and one woman. </p> <p> '''1.''' A son of Dan (&nbsp;Genesis 46:23); more properly called [[Shuham]] (&nbsp;Numbers 26:42). "Hushim figures prominently in the [[Jewish]] traditions of the recognition of Joseph, and of Jacob's burial at Hebron. See the quotations from the [[Midrash]] in Weil's ''Bib. Legends,'' p. 88, note, and the [[Targum]] Pseudojon on Genesis 1, 13. In the latter he is the executioner of Esau" </p> <p> '''2.''' A name given as that of "the ''Sons'' of Aher" or Aharah, the third son of Benjamin (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:12; comp. 8:1), and therefore only a plural form for ''Shuhanz'' (see the foregoing name, and compare the fact that the following is a fem. appellation) as a representative of his brethren. (See Hupihii), and (See [[Benjamin]]). B.C. post. 1856. </p> <p> '''3.''' One of the wives of Shaharaim, of the tribe of Benjamin, in the country of Moab, by whom he had [[Ahitub]] and [[Elpaal]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:8; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:11). B.C. cir. 1618. </p>