Terah or Térach (Hebrew: תֶּרַח / תָּרַח, Standard Téraḥ / Táraḥ Tiberian Téraḥ / Tāraḥ ; "Wanderer; loiterer") “Hebrew” redirects here. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century. ...

The person

The Bible

Terah was the father of Abraham mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. An angel prevents the sacrifice of Isaac. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article is about the term Hebrew Bible. For the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh (Jewish tradition) or Old Testament (Christian tradition). ...

According to the Genesis 11, Terah was the son of Nahor, who was the son of Serug, who was the son of Reu, who was the son of Peleg, who was the son of Eber, who was the son of Shelah, who was the son of Arpachshad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah. Genesis (‎, Greek: Γένεσις, meaning birth, creation, cause, beginning, source or origin) is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. ... (1. ... Serug - branch - was the son of Reu and the father of Nahor. ... Reu or Ragau (Hebrew: רְעוּ, Behold) in Genesis was the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, thus being Abrahams great-great-grandfather. ... Peleg (Hebrew: פֶּלֶג / פָּלֶג, Standard  / Tiberian  /  ; Division) is one of the two sons of Eber, the ancestor of the Hebrews according to the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis x, xi and 1 Chronicles i. ... Eber (עֵבֶר, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew , Arabic: هود) is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. ... Shelah or Shela (שֵׁלָה Petition, Standard Hebrew Å ela, Tiberian Hebrew Å Ä“lāh) is the name of two persons in the Bible: The son of Arpachshad, and thus the grandson of Shem. ... Arpachshad or Arphaxad or Arphacsad (אַרְפַּכְשַׁד / אַרְפַּכְשָׁד healer; releaser, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew / ) was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah (Genesis 10:22,24;11:12,13; 1 Chronicles 1:17,18). ... Shem (שֵׁם renown; prosperity; name, Standard Hebrew Å em, Tiberian Hebrew Å Ä“m; Greek Σημ, SÄ“m; ) was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible who adhered to the Noahide Laws. ... Noahs Ark, Französischer Meister (The French Master), Magyar Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest. ...

Terah moved with his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains of Mesopotamia, after Abraham had been told to do so by God. He had two more sons, Haran, Nahor, and one daughter by another wife, Sarah. He lived in "Ur of the Chaldees," where his son Haran died, leaving behind his son Lot. Nahor settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. Terah afterwards migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to go with them to Canaan; however he ended his voyage in Harran, where he spent the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred and five years (Genesis 11:24-32). The Book of Joshua reports that Terah worshiped other gods. (Josh. 24:2.) Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... Haran (הָרָן) was a son of Terah, and brother of Nahor and Abram. ... (1. ... Engraving of Sarah by Hans Collaert from c. ... For other uses, see Ur (disambiguation). ... Map showing the location of Tel Kaif, Iraq and the neighboring areas. ... Lot and his Daughters, Hendrik Goltzius, 1616. ... For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ... Harran, also known as Carrhae, is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria, 24 miles (44 kilometres) southeast of the city of Şanlıurfa, at the end of a long straight road across the roasting hot plain of Harran. ... Genesis (‎, Greek: Γένεσις, meaning birth, creation, cause, beginning, source or origin) is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. ... The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in both the Hebrew Tanakh and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ...

Jewish Tradition

The Midrash regards Terah as wicked. (E.g., Numbers Rabbah 19:1; 19:33.) Rabbi Hiyya said that Terah manufactured idols and told the following account: Terah once went away and left Abraham to mind the store. A woman came with a plateful of flour and asked Abraham to offer it to the idols. Abraham took a stick, broke the idols, and put the stick in the largest idol’s hand. When Terah returned, he demanded that Abraham explain what he had done. Abraham told Terah that the idols fought among themselves and the largest broke the others with the stick. “Why do you make sport of me?” Terah cried, “Do they have any knowledge?” Abraham replied, “Listen to what you are saying!” Terah then delivered Abraham to King Nimrod for punishment. (Genesis Rabbah 38:13.) The Zohar says that when God saved Abraham from the furnace, Terah repented. (Zohar, Bereshit 1:77b.) Rabbi Abba b. Kahana said that God assured Abraham that his father Terah had a portion in the World to Come. (Genesis Rabbah 30:4; 30:12.) Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of exegesis of a Biblical text. ... Idolatry is a major sin in the Abrahamic religions regarding image. ... In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew נִמְרוֹד Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew נִמְרֹד Nimrōḏ), son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah, was a Mesopotamian monarch and a mighty hunter before Yahweh. He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), in the First Book of Chronicles, and... Genesis Rabba, (Breshit Rabba in Hebrew), is a religious text holy to classical Judaism. ... The Zohar (Hebrew: זהר Splendor, radiance) is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. ...

Islamic Tradition

In Islamic tradition Abraham's (known as Ibrahim) father is reported by some scholars to have been a man by the name Azar; this has lead some Islamic scholars to identify Terah with Azar. Some scholars believe the name Azar was a mistranslation of Eleazer the servant of Abraham. Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ...

The place

Terah is also a place where the Israelites stopped on the Exodus. An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... ḍ:The article Exodus discusses the events related in the book of the Bible and Torah by the same name. ...

The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... ḍ:The article Exodus discusses the events related in the book of the Bible and Torah by the same name. ... The Stations list is the list of the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt. ... Mithcah is one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. ...

See also

Terah was also the name of a character on Star Trek: Enterprise, played by Suzie Plakson.