Bible Person

Jarah

Meaning: a wood; honeycomb; watching closely · Male · 2 cross references

Jarah is a Benjaminite descendant in the genealogies connected with Saul's wider tribal setting. He belongs to the detailed family memory through which Benjamin's principal houses are preserved. First appears in 1 Chr 8:36.1

AI summary: Jarah matters because the cross references place him in the repeated Benjaminite lineages that stabilize the tribe's internal structure across generations. Though he has no separate narrative role, his line helps sustain the ordered memory of descent. Taken together, the material presents Jarah as a Benjaminite genealogical figure whose place supports the continuity of the tribe.1