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kar´mı̄ (כּרמי, karmı̄, “fruitful,†“nobleâ€):
(1) A son of Reuben who came to Egypt with Jacob (; ; ). Also the name of a family of which Carmi was the head ().
(2) A Judahite (), son of Zabdi, according to , and father of Achan, who is given the name of “Achar†in . This last form “Achar†is preferred to the usual “Achan†in order to bring out the play on the Hebrew word for “troubler.†The Hebrew runs עכר עוכר ישׂר×ל, ‛aÌ„khaÌ„r ‛oÌ„kheÌ„r yisraÌ„'eÌ„l, “Achar, the troubler of Israel.†As regards the phrase “the sons of Carmi†(), Carmi is probably to be taken as the son of Zimri (= Zabdi, ). The Targum, however, has “Carmi who is Zimri.†The Septuagint identifies Zimri and Zabdi.
(3) In , Carmi, elsewhere called son of Zabdi or Zimri, is made son of Judah; but Wellhausen correctly changes “Carmi†to “Chelubai†(compare ).