Bible Dictionary

Jerah

(the moon), the fourth in order of the sons of Joktan, (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20) and the progenitor of a tribe of southern Arabia.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(the moon), the fourth in order of the sons of Joktan, (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20) and the progenitor of a tribe of southern Arabia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

JE'RAH (moon), a people descended from Joktan, who gave name to a region of Arabia, Gen 10:26: 1 Chr 1:20; perhaps the Moon Coast and Moon Mountains, near Hazarmaveth. Bochart proposes to identify this people with the Alilaei, or Beni-Hilal, "sons of the new moon." dwelling in the south of Chawlan.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the moon; month; smelling sweet