Haahashtari
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HAAHASHTARI (PERSON) [Heb hā˒ăḥaštārı̂ (הָאֲחַשְׁתָּרִי)]. The eponymous ancestor of a family of Judah known as the “Ahashtarites” (1 Chr 4:6, cf. Noth IPN, 236). The genealogy traces Haahashtari’s lineage back to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa through his wife Naarah. Immediately preceding the Ahashtarites in the list are three sons of Ashhur and Naarah: Ahuzzam, Hepher, and Temeni. Whether the Ahashtarites are descended from one of these three or represent a line through a fourth son is unclear. A derivation of the name from a Persian root ḫšaça, meaning “kingdom,” “power,” “rule” has been sought (HALAT 1: 36; cf. Myers 1 Chronicles AB, 28). That the name is a corruption of hā˒ašḥûrı̂, the “Ashhurites,” and describes the preceding names (ISBE [1939] 2: 1311) is unnecessary. This emendation lacks manuscript support. Further, the name of the family may have been derived from a name in an intervening generation between Ashhur and the families of the Ahashtarites that were in existence at the time of the list’s compilation.
Kenneth H. Cuffey
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (3:1). New York: Doubleday.
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HAAHASHTARI Naarah’s son from Judah’s tribe (1 Chr 4:6).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (557). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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HAAHASH´TARI (hā-a-hashʹta-ri). The last mentioned of the four sons of Naarah, the second wife of Ashhur, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. 4:6).
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Haahashtari (Heb. hā˒ăḥaštārɩ̂)
The offspring of Ashhur and Naarah (1 Chr. 4:6). This otherwise unknown family is listed among geographic and ethnic components of Judah.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (535). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
