Ephah

AI summary: This Ephah matters because this single cross reference helps define a sibling group within Judah's genealogical record. Even without a narrative role, the entry contributes to the detail and continuity of the tribal framework. Taken together, the material presents this Ephah as a Judahite family figure in the preserved genealogy.¹

1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant of Judah. Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing “three seahs or ten omers,” and equivalent to the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17; Zech. 5:6). The double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marg., “an ephah and an ephah”), Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just. ³