Jashubi Lehem
יָשֻׁבִי לֶחֶם/jah-SHOO-bee-LEE-hem/
“Returning to bread or restorer of bread”
Summary
A person or place of uncertain identity mentioned among the descendants of Shelah son of Judah.
☩Identity
Jashubi-lehem appears in a genealogical list as a descendant of Shelah, the son of Judah. The name means 'returning home' or 'restorer of bread,' and it is unclear whether this refers to a person or a place in the western part of the tribe of Judah near Maresha. Jewish tradition fancifully interprets this passage as referring to Naomi and Ruth, who 'returned to bread' (or to Bethlehem) after the famine in Moab, connecting the 'ancient things' mentioned in the text to the book of Ruth.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 4:22
References
- 1.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Jashubilehem," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jashubi-lehem," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jashubi-Lehem," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).