{
  "id": "dict_004013",
  "term": "Nimrah",
  "slug": "nimrah",
  "letter": "N",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Nimrah is a biblical place-name associated with the Transjordan region and the tribal inheritance of Gad.",
  "simple_one_line": "A place east of the Jordan linked with Gad.",
  "tooltip_text": "A biblical place-name in the Transjordan, likely related to Beth-nimrah.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Beth-nimrah",
    "Gad",
    "Transjordan",
    "Jordan River"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Beth-haran",
    "Tribal inheritance",
    "Biblical geography"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Nimrah is a biblical place-name associated with land east of the Jordan River, within the broader region connected to Gad.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A Transjordan place-name linked to the territory of Gad.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Geographical name, not a doctrinal term",
    "Associated with Israel’s settlement east of the Jordan",
    "Likely related to Beth-nimrah"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Nimrah is a biblical place-name in the Transjordan region, associated with Gad and Israel’s territorial settlement east of the Jordan River. It is best treated as a geographic entry rather than a theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Nimrah is a biblical place-name associated with the territory east of the Jordan River and linked with the tribal inheritance of Gad. The name appears in the context of Israel’s settlement and boundary descriptions, where it functions as a geographic marker rather than as a doctrinal term. In some contexts it is likely related to the fuller form Beth-nimrah. Because the biblical data concern location and territorial assignment, Nimrah belongs in a biblical geography category.",
  "background_biblical_context": "In the Old Testament, Nimrah is tied to the land allotted or occupied east of the Jordan, especially in texts that describe the inheritance and settlement of Gad. Its significance lies in helping identify the geography of Israel’s tribal territories.",
  "background_historical_context": "Nimrah belongs to the wider biblical geography of the Transjordan, an area inhabited and contested in Israel’s settlement period. Such place-names are important for reconstructing territorial boundaries and settlement patterns in the Old Testament world.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient readers would have understood Nimrah as a local geographic designation within the Transjordan. Later Jewish interest in such names is mainly historical and topographical, helping preserve the memory of tribal inheritance and boundary lists.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Numbers 32:3, 36"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Joshua 13:27",
    "compare Beth-nimrah"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "A Hebrew place-name, likely related to the fuller form Beth-nimrah and preserved in territorial lists.",
  "theological_significance": "Nimrah has no direct doctrinal meaning, but it contributes to the biblical record of God’s allocation of land to the tribes of Israel and the historical reliability of the territorial narratives.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a place-name, Nimrah illustrates how Scripture grounds theological history in real locations. Biblical geography matters because God’s acts are presented in time and space, not in abstraction.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "The exact identification of Nimrah and its relationship to Beth-nimrah should be stated carefully. The name is chiefly geographical, and readers should not overread theological meaning into the toponym itself.",
  "major_views_note": "The main question is identification: some treat Nimrah as a short form or related form of Beth-nimrah. The biblical function of the term is clear even where the precise site correspondence is debated.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Nimrah should not be treated as a doctrinal category, symbol, or allegorical term. It is a historical-geographical reference in Scripture.",
  "practical_significance": "Biblical place-names like Nimrah help readers follow the history of Israel, the distribution of tribal lands, and the concrete setting of God’s covenant dealings with his people.",
  "meta_description": "Nimrah is a biblical place-name associated with the Transjordan and the tribal territory of Gad.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/nimrah/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/nimrah.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}