Hamul

Hamul (meaning godly or merciful, also interpreted as spared) was the younger of the two sons of Pharez (Perez), son of Judah and Tamar (Gen. 46:12; 1 Chr. 2:5). He accompanied Jacob's family to Egypt during the famine and became the ancestor of the Hamulite clan within the tribe of Judah (Num. 26:21). His brother was Hezron, whose genealogy becomes more prominent in the messianic line of David (1 Chr. 2:9–15; Ruth 4:18–22; Matt. 1:3).

Hamul's significance is primarily genealogical: as a son of Perez and a grandson of Judah, he belongs to the line that Genesis 49:10 identifies as the bearer of the royal scepter of Israel. His descendants formed one of the recognized clans of the tribe at the time of the second census in Numbers 26, confirming the continuity of his line through the wilderness period.