Terah
    the wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with
    his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains
    of Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham,
    and one daughter, Sarah. He settled in "Ur of the Chaldees,"
    where his son Haran died, leaving behind him his son Lot. Nahor
    settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. Terah afterwards
    migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his
    grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to
    go with them to Canaan; but he tarried at Haran, where he spent
    the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred
    and five years (Gen. 11:24-32; Josh. 24:2). What a wonderful
    part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played in
    the history of the world!



 Terah, to breathe; scent; blow