Egyptian Sojourn · Tribe of Yehudah

Who Was Amminadab? — Patriarch

עַמִּינָדָב
“My kinsman / people is noble / generous”
Quick Facts
Hebrew Name
עַמִּינָדָב (Aminadav)
Meaning
My kinsman / people is noble / generous
Tribe
Yehudah
Era
Egyptian Sojourn
Approx. Dates
Born late in the Egyptian sojourn; father of the wilderness-generation tribal leader Nachshon (traditional)
Father
Ram
Role
Patriarch
Appears In
Exodus 6:23, Numbers 1:7, Numbers 2:3
Source Confidence
Primary

The Story of Amminadab

Son of Ram, father of Nachshon

Exodus 6:23 — his daughter Elisheva ('Elisheba') married Aharon ha-Kohen, making Aminadav an ancestor (through a daughter) of the Aaronic priestly line as well as the Davidic royal line

Named in the genealogical bridge of Ruth 4:18–22 and in both Matthew 1:4 and Luke 3:33

“Father of Nachshon — and, through his daughter Elisheva, also an ancestor of Aharon's priestly household”

Traditional note: Aminadav's daughter Elisheva bat Aminadav (Exodus 6:23, wife of Aharon) is a different person from the Elisheva of Luke 1 (wife of Zechariah, mother of Yochanan the Immerser / John the Baptist), who appears in this dataset's planned Batch 4. The two share a Hebrew name (Elisheva, 'my God is an oath') across roughly 1,400 years and are unrelated beyond the name. Should Elisheva bat Aminadav receive her own entry in the future (as part of the Levitical-line section, alongside Aharon), an id distinct from the Batch 4 Elisheva (e.g. 'elisheva-bat-aminadav' vs. 'elisheva-em-yochanan') will be needed — flagged here for the maintainer.

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