Uzal (Hebrew: אוּזָּ֔ל), in the Hebrew Bible, was a descendant of Shem and the sixth son of Joktan as per the Book of Genesis 10:27 and 1 Chronicles 1:21. His settlements are traced in the ancient name of Sanaʽa, the capital city of the Yemen.[1][2] Easton's Bible Dictionary describes Uzal as a wanderer and the founder of an Arabian tribe.[3]
- ^ Nethanel ben Isaiah (1983). Sefer Me'or ha-Afelah (in Hebrew). Translated by Yosef Qafih. Kiryat Ono: Mechon Moshe. p. 74. OCLC 970925649.
- ^ Al-Hamdāni, al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad, The Antiquities of South Arabia - The Eighth Book of Al-Iklīl, Oxford University Press 1938, pp. 8, 21, known also under its Arabic equivalent Azāl.
- ^ "Uzal - Easton's Bible Dictionary Online".