Addon ( he, אַדּוֹן, etymology unknown
) was one of the persons named in the
Neh. 7:61 who could not "shew
their father's house" on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance the
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
attached to their
genealogies
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...
.
References
Hebrew Bible people
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