Jakeh

Jakeh was the father of Agur, the sage who composed the sayings recorded in Proverbs 30. Agur's words are introduced as 'the oracle of Agur son of Jakeh,' suggesting a wisdom tradition associated with this family. The identity and geographical origin of both Jakeh and Agur are disputed; some scholars have suggested an Arabian origin for the name Massa, mentioned in the same verse as either a place name or a description. Jakeh is thus the patriarch of one of the few non-Israelite wisdom contributions preserved in the canonical book of Proverbs.