Zerah ~ ዛራ: “Zerah” means rising (of the sun) / SBD, (ዘፍ 36:13) ... [Related term(s):- Zerahiah, Zereth, Zeri, Zeruah, Zeruiah, Zur, Zuriel]

The root words for ‘Zerah’ are ‘Chorah’ (ጮራህ) ፥ the meaning is ‘sun ray’/ Ibid.

A son of Reuel, son of Esau, (Gen 36:13; 1 Chr 1:37), (Gen 38:30; 1 Chr 2:4; Mat 1:3), His descendants were called Zarhites, Ezrahites and Izrahites.

Other people with the same name are: Son of Simeon (1 Chr 4:24); A Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo or Adaiah (1 Chr 6:21, 41)
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 ዛራ ~Zerah: ዘርህ፣ ዘረ፣ ዘር፣ ወገን፣ ዘመድ፣ ቤተዘምድ፣ ቤተሰብ ማለት ነው።

‘ዘር’ ከሚለው ቃል የመጣ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አራት ሰዎች አሉ ።

1.                  የዔሳው ልጅ፣ የራጉኤል ልጅ፥ ዛራ፥ “የራጉኤልም ልጆች እነዚህ ናቸው ናሖት፥ ዛራ፥ ሣማ፥ ሚዛህ እነዚህም የዔሳው ሚስት የቤሴሞት ልጆች ናቸው።” (ዘፍ 36:13)

2.                  የይሁዳ ልጅ፥ ዛራ፥ (ዘፍ 38:30 ፣ 1 ዜና 2:4 ፣ ማቴ 1:3)

3.                  የስምዖን ልጅ፥ ዛራ፥ (1 ዜና 4:24)

4.                  የያትራይ ልጅ፥ ዛራ፥ (1 ዜና 6:21 ፣ 41)