Patronymically from Yrachm'el; a Jerachmeelite or descendant of Jerachmeel -- Jerahmeelites.
see HEBREW Yrachm'el
H3397. Yerachmeeli
יְרַחְמְאֵלִי adjective, of a people (earlier than foregoing; as tribal name before proper name, masculine [For radical view of relations of ׳יְרַח, (with many textual emendations), see CheEncy. Bib. JERACHM.]); — ׳הַיְּר as substantive collective, היר ׳נֶגֶב 1 Samuel 27:10 the Negeb of the Yerahmeelites (in southern Judah), (νότον) Ιεσμεγα, A Ισραμηλει, ᵐ5L Αερμων; היר ׳עָרֵי 30:29, τοῦ Ισραηλ, A Ιεραμηλει (compare
1 above, and GrayProp. N. 214, 265, 307).
II. רחם (√ of following; compare Arabic vulture; noun of individual meaning ).