godly; merciful
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HAMUL (spared).A son of Perez and grandson of Judah (Gen_46:12 = 1Ch_2:5, Num_26:1). The gentilic Hamulites occurs in Num_26:11.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gen_46:12. The HAMULITES sprang from him (Num_26:21).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ha'mul. (pitied). The younger son of Pharez, Judah's son, by Tamar. Gen_46:12; 1Ch_2:5. (B.C. between 1706-1688).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hā?mul (חמוּל, ḥāmūl, ?pitied,? ?spared?): A son of Perez, and head of one of the clans of Judah (Gen_46:12; 1Ch_2:5; Num_26:21). His descendants were called Hamulites.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hamul
(Heb. Chamul', חָמוּל, spared; Sept. Ι᾿εμουήλ), the second of the two sons of Pharez, son of Judah (1Ch_2:5). He could not have been born, however, before the migration of Jacob into Egypt (as appears to be stated in Gen_46:12), since Pharez was not at that time grown up (Gen_38:1). His descendants were called HAMULITES (Num_26:21). B.C. between 1870 and 1856.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.