Hori

Two men named Hori appear in the Hebrew scriptures: a son of Lotan in the Edomite genealogies, and a Simeonite whose son represents that tribe among the spies sent by Moses.

Hori son of Lotan

In the genealogies of Edom, Hori is named among the sons of Lotan: "And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan's sister was Timna" (Gen 36:22). The parallel record in Chronicles uses a slightly different second-son spelling but keeps Hori in place: "And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister" (1 Chr 1:39).

The same chapter in Genesis closes its summary of Edomite chiefs by referring to the wider clan as the Horites: "chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir" (Gen 36:30). The personal name and the gentilic share the same root in this branch of the family.

Hori the Simeonite

A second Hori appears in the spy-list at the start of Numbers 13. He is mentioned not as one of the spies but as the father of Simeon's representative: "Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori" (Num 13:5).