Amminadab

Amminadab (Hebrew: עמינדב, Aminadav ; "my people are generous") is a name is held by several individuals.

Bible

1. One of the minor characters in the Book of Genesis
2. A father-in-law of Aaron. His daughter Elisheba was Aaron's wife (Exodus 6:23). Born of Aram in Jesus' genealogy, during the Israelite exile in Egypt. He was the father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Numbers 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14).
3. A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:22), also called Izhar (2, 18).
4. Chief of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite, his father (1 Chr. 15:10,11).
5. Amminadab (Ammon) was the name of two kings of Ammon in the mid seventh century BCE, the earlier of whom is mentioned in Assyrian sources as one of the rebellious vassals punished by Assurbanipal during the latter's Arabian campaign.

Other

1. Spelled backwards is bad anima, which in Latin means "bad soul."
2. "Amminadab" is also the name of a book published in 1942 by the French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot. The book might have been named for Amminadab, the son of Emmanuel Lévinas - Blanchot's collegue and friend - whose life was in grave danger at the time of writing, as being a Jew in Nazi-occupied France.
3. Aminadav is a Moshav in the Jerusalem region founded in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen.
4. Amminadab is used as a male first name in contemporary Israel, though not a very common one.

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