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    person · also Japhletite

    Japhlet

    יַפְלֵט

    Japhlet was a descendant of Asher and the son of Heber.

    verses
    3
    first named
    Joshua 16:3
    last named
    1 Chronicles 7:33
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Asher

    Description

    Who was Japhlet?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Japhlet is mentioned in 1Ch.7.32-33 as one of the sons of Heber, who was a descendant of Asher, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Japhlet had three sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. The text does not provide any further details about Japhlet's life or his role within the tribe of Asher. His mention in the genealogy suggests that he was an ancestor of some of the families within the tribe, although no specific details are given about his descendants. In Jos.16.3, a place called the "border of Beth-horon the lower" is described as extending to the "border of the Japhletites," possibly indicating that Japhlet's descendants inhabited a specific region within the territory of Asher.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Japhlet7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Japhlet, in one group: kinship 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.HeberChild of · 4 versesHothamSibling of · 2 versesShomerSibling of · 2 versesAshvathFather of · 1 verseBimhalFather of · 1 versePasachFather of · 1 verseShuaSibling of · 1 verseJaphlet

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    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books. The name is written 4 times in them.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      16:3

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      7:327:33

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via HeberBeriahSon of Asher and head of a clanvia HeberMalchielSon of Beriah, grandson of Asher.via ShomerAhiSon of Shomer, from the tribe of Ashervia HothamAmalSon of Helem, an Asheritevia ShomerAramSon of Shemer, descendant of Ashervia HothamImnaA descendant of Asher.via ShomerJehubbahA descendant of Asher.via ShomerRohgahSon of Shomer, of the tribe of Ashervia HothamSheleshSon of Hotham, an Asherite

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