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Arah

a'-ra ('arach, "traveler"?):

(1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1 Chr 7:39).

(2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:5; Neh 7:10). He is sometimes identified with Arah of Neh 6:18 whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem.

Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread.