Zerah
/ˈzɛrə/noun
A biblical personal name borne by several figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Did you know?The name comes from the Hebrew root ז־ר־ח, associated with the sun rising or light breaking forth—a root also used for sunrise imagery in the Hebrew Bible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
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*ṣ-r-ḥ
“To shine, break forth, or rise”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
זֶרַח (Zeraḥ)
“Rising light, radiance, or sunrise”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek Septuagint
Ζαρα (Zara)
“Greek rendering of the biblical personal name”
4th–5th Century CE
Latin Vulgate
Zara
“Latin biblical form of the name”
Middle English
English
Zare / Zerah
“Biblical personal name transmitted through scriptural tradition”
Modern English
English
Zerah
“A biblical proper name, conventionally pronounced ZER-uh”