CARMI kär’ mī (כַּרְמִי׃֩, vineyard). The name of two men in the OT. 1. The father of Achan and the son of Zabdi, a member of the tribe of Judah (Josh 7:1, 18). His son Achan defiled all Israel by stealing from God what was devoted in Jericho. In 1 Chronicles the son is called Achar, the troubler of Israel (1 Chron 2:7). The Carmi of 1 Chronicles 4:1 is prob. the same. He is here described as a son of Judah in the sense of a descendant, not an infrequent practice in Heb.

2. A Son of Reuben who came to Egypt with Jacob (Gen 46:9). He had three brothers. From these brothers came the descendants of Reuben (Exod 6:14). From him sprang the Carmites (Num 26:6; 1 Chron 5:3).