liberty; anger
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HIRAH.The Adullamite with whom Judah, according to the story of Gen_38:1-30 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ), appears to have entered into a kind of partnership in the matter of flocks. After Tamar had successfully carried out her stratagem, it was by the hand of his friend Hirah that Judah sent the promised kid to the supposed qedçshâh (Gen_38:20 ff.).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gen_38:1; Gen_38:12.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Hi'rah. (a noble race). An Adullamite, the friend of Judah. Gen_38:1; Gen_38:12 and see Gen_38:20.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hı̄?ra (חירה, ḥı̄rāh; Septuagint Εἰράς, Eirás): A native of Adullam, and a ?friend? of Judah (Gen_38:1, Gen_38:12). The Septuagint and the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 ad) both describe him as Judah's ?shepherd.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Hirah
(Heb. Chirach', חַירָה, mobility; Sept. εἰράς), an Adullamite and friend of Judah (Gen_28:1; Gen_28:12; comp. Gen_28:20). B.C. cir. 1896-1876.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.