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tı̄´rath-ı̄ts (תּרעתי×, tir‛aÌ„thı̄m; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, ἈÏγαθιειÌμ, ArgathieıÌm; Lucian, ΘαÏαθειÌ, TharatheıÌ: A family of scribes that dwelt at Jabez (). The three families mentioned in this verse (Tirathites, Shimathites and Sucathites) are taken by Jerome to be three different classes of religious functionaries - singers, scribes, recorders (“canentes atque resonances et in tabernaculis commorantesâ€). The Targum takes the same view, save that the “Sucathites†are those “covered†with a spirit of prophecy. Bertheau sees the Tirathites as “gate-keepers†(Aramaic תּרע, tera‛ = Heb ש×ער, sha‛ar). Keil holds the three names to be those of the descendants of unknown men named Tira, Shemei and Sucah. The passage seems too obscure to admit of interpretation.