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Nahor

Biblical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Abraham’s brother and grandfather of Rebekah, linking Mesopotamian and Hebrew roots

Detailed Definition
Nahor, brother of Abraham and father of Bethuel, remained in Haran while Abraham journeyed; his granddaughter Rebekah married Isaac (Genesis 11, 24). He anchors the family’s Mesopotamian ties. In poetry, Nahor represents the rootedness left behind, the ancestral home that contrasts with Abrahamic faith—often symbolizing cultural memory, the tension between staying and going, and the bridge between old and new covenants.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Genesis 11:26, Nahor is Abraham’s brother—a detail used in genealogical poetry to map kinship; 19th-century devotional verse honors Nahor as patriarch of Haran’s lineage; Contemporary minimalist poems list Nahor among “fathers of Aram” to trace Rebekah’s roots; In poems about calling, Nahor stays in Ur while Abraham departs; Some liturgical litanies include Nahor in ancestral blessings; Educational poems cite Nahor to explore family dynamics in Genesis.
Additional Notes
Nahor, Abraham’s brother and grandfather of Rebekah, appears in genealogies and the narrative of finding a wife for Isaac; his name links key matriarchal and patriarchal lines, and his city (Nahor) serves as a geographic anchor in the ancestral journey—useful for poems mapping kinship or divine guidance in migration.
Also Known As
Nahor brother of Abraham Nahor son of Terah
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