Ephah

1. A son of Midian, descended from Abraliam and Keturah (Gn 'Jo'=lCh 1^), the eponymous ancestor of an Arabian tribe whose identity is uncertain. This tribe appears in Is 6U' as engag'ed in the transport of gold and fraiik- incen.se from Sheba. According to Frd. Delitzsch (Parndie.i, 304), and Schrader (KAT^ 146 f., 613), followed by Hommel (Anc. Ileh. Trad. 2:58 n.), 'Kji/ta/i is ])roperly 'Ayappn, the Kh.ayapj)a Arabs of the time of Tiglatli-pileser III. and Sargon (see further, Dillmann on Gn 25). 2. A concubine of Caleb, 1 Ch 2". 3. A Judahite, son of Jalidai, 1 Ch 2'. See Genealoqv. J. A. Selbik.