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(Heb. Charim', çָøַí , for çָøַéí , i. q. çָøåּí ) flat-nosed; Sept. ᾿ÇñÜì , but with many v.r. especially ×áñήì in 1Ch_24:8, ᾿Çñßì in Ezr_2:39, É᾿ñáì in Neh_10:5, and ‘Api in Neh_12:15), the names of several men, mostly about the time of the Captivity..
1. The head of the second “course” of priests as arranged by David (1Ch_24:8). B.C. 1014.
2. Apparently an Israelite, whose descendants, to the number of 320 males, or 1017 in all, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:32; Ezr_2:39; Neh_7:35; Neh_7:42. But as among these some are enumerated (Ezr_10:21), as priests in the corresponding lists of those who renounced their Gentile wives, and others (Ezr_10:31) as; ordinary Israelites, it may be doubted whether Harim was not rather a place whose inhabitants are here spoken of, like others in the same list. Accordingly,. Schwarz identifies it with a village Charism, situated, according to him, on a bay of the sea eight Eng. miles northeast of Jaffa (Palest. p. 142). He probably means el- Haran-Ali-Ibn-Aleim (Robinson, Researches, 3, 46),. but his explanation of the compound name is not at all. satisfactory. A better supposition, perhaps, is that Harim in these latter passages stands patronymically as a. representation of the family, q.d. Bene-Harim. SEE ELAM.
3. The father of Malchijah, which latter repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_3:11). B.C. ante: 446. Perhaps identical with No. 2.
4. One of the priests that returned from Babylon. with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:3, where the name is given' as REHUMI; but compare Neh_12:15, where his son Adna is named). B.C. 536. Perhaps the same as No. 3.
5. One of those named first among the signers of the. sacred covenant of Nehemiah (Neh_10:5). B.C. cir.. 410. Perhaps 1. q. No. 3.
6. Another, a chief of the people, in the same list. (Neh_10:27). B.C. cir. 410. Perhaps to be explained like No. 2.