Jared

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Infobox given name Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.

Origin

In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.יֶרֶד‎) was the sixth in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, and lived 962 years (Genesis 5:18). The biblical text in the Book of Jubilees implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the root YRD "descend" because in his days, "the angels of the Lord descended to earth".[1] Alternative suggestions for the name's etymology include words for "rose", "servant" and "one who rules".[2]

In some English-speaking countries, Jared is a common Jewish and Christian first name.

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See also

  • Jarad, given name
  • Yared (505–571), an Ethiopian monk

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  1. ^ Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran Cave 1 (1Q20): A Commentary (2004), p. 139.
  2. ^ Hess, Richard S., Studies in the Personal Names of Genesis 1–11 (1993), p. 69.