Editing Jared (section)

==Origin==
In the [[Book of Genesis]], the [[Jared (biblical figure)|biblical patriarch Jared]] ({{Script/Hebrew|יֶרֶד}}) was the sixth in the ten pre-[[Noah's Ark|flood]] generations between [[Adam]] and [[Noah]]; he was the son of [[Mahalalel|Mahalaleel]] and the father of [[Enoch (ancestor of Noah)|Enoch]], and lived 962 years ([[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 5:18). The biblical text in the [[Book of Jubilees]] implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the [[triliteral root|root]] YRD "descend" because in his days, "the angels of the Lord ''descended'' to earth".<ref>Fitzmyer, Joseph A. ''The Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran Cave 1 (1Q20): A Commentary'' (2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=H-lrSnE8RvUC&pg=PA139 p. 139].</ref> Alternative suggestions for the name's etymology include words for "rose", "servant" and "one who rules".<ref>Hess, Richard S., ''Studies in the Personal Names of Genesis 1–11'' (1993), p. 69.</ref>

[[Yared]] (505–571), a namesake, was an Ethiopian monk who introduced the concept of sacred music to Ethiopian Orthodox services. He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 11 Genbot (May 19).

In some English-speaking countries, Jared is a common Jewish and Christian first name.