(people of praise)

1. An Ephraimite, father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the exodus (Numbers 1:10; 2:18; 7:48, 53; 10:22; 1 Chronicles 7:26) and, through Elishama, ancestor of Joshua
2. A Simeonite, father of Shemuel (Numbers 34:20)
3. The father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali (Numbers 34:28)
4. The father-of Talmai king of Geshur (2 Samuel 13:37)
5. A descendant of Pharez, son of Judah (1 Chronicles 9:4)