Bible Person
Meaning: hidden; young man; heir · Male · 4 cross references
Jaalam is one of Esau's sons by Aholibamah and part of the emerging Edomite clan structure. He belongs to the genealogical framework through which Esau's house develops into a neighboring people. First appears in Gen 36:5.1
AI summary: Jaalam matters because the cross references place him within the sons and chiefs descending from Esau through Aholibamah. His name helps fill out the internal structure of Edom and shows how family lines become tribal and political identities. He is not a narrative actor, but he is part of the remembered formation of Esau's descendants. Taken together, the material presents Jaalam as an Edomite son whose line contributes to the structure of Esau's house.1
Central Figure
Jaalam
Meaning: hidden; young man; heir
Concealer, the second of Esau’s three sons by Aholibamah (Gen.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.