Fine white linens and royalty
When filling out the Tribe of Yehudah section in my family tree project, one thing in particular caught my eye: the fairly significant number of people of the tribe who were named either after clothes, types of cloths or had names that were connected to the color white: Saraf, descendant of Shelah - possibly a reference to white-hot flames. Salma/Salmon (2) - a type of clothing. Nefeg? son of David - possibly from root pag, faded. Sheshan son of Yish'i - from Shesh, a type of Egyptian white cloth. Chur son of Kalev ben Chetzron - white, royalty. Shoval son of Kalev ben Chur - the piece of cloth that trails at the back of the clothing. Rekem of Chevron - possibly from Rikma, embroidery or lace. Charan? son of Kalev ben Chetzron - probably from the root char which means anger, in particular, raging white-hot. Related as such to Chur. Yair son of Seguv - he will light, from or, light. Ashchur son of Kalev ben Chur - possibly even named after Chur, in any case, clearly from the root o...