ā´ra (×רח, 'aÌ„rahÌ£, “travelerâ€?): (1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (). (2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (; ). He is sometimes identified with Arah of whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem.