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(hi' rah) Personal name of unknown meaning. A friend of Judah, the son of Jacob, whom Judah was visiting when he met Shuah, who bore three of his sons (Genesis 38:1-12 ). Hirah was from the Canaanite city of Adullam, about nine miles northwest of Hebron.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Hirah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/h/hirah.html. 1991.

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