1 Chronicles 16:38 Go deeper
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And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: (KJV)
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וְעֹבֵ֥דve.'o.Vedand Obed-
Lemma: עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם (o.ved e.dom) · Strong's: H5654
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Obed-edom
Used 40 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:11, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 13:13, 1 Chronicles 13:14, 1 Chronicles 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5654; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 1
אֱדֹ֛ם'e.DomEdom
Lemma: עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם (o.ved e.dom) · Strong's: H5654
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Obed-edom
Used 40 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:11, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 13:13, 1 Chronicles 13:14, 1 Chronicles 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5654; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 2
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖םva.'a.chei.Hemand relatives their
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: brother: male-relative
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 3
שִׁשִּׁ֣יםshi.Shimsixty
Lemma: שִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) · Strong's: H8346
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:21, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8346; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 4
וּשְׁמוֹנָ֑הu.she.mo.Nahand eight
Lemma: שְׁמֹנֶה (she.mo.neh) · Strong's: H8083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: eight
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8083; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 5
וְעֹבֵ֨דve.'o.Vedand Obed-
Lemma: עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם (o.ved e.dom) · Strong's: H5654
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Obed-edom
Used 40 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:11, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 13:13, 1 Chronicles 13:14, 1 Chronicles 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5654; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 6
אֱדֹ֧ם'e.DomEdom
Lemma: עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם (o.ved e.dom) · Strong's: H5654
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Obed-edom
Used 40 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:11, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 13:13, 1 Chronicles 13:14, 1 Chronicles 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5654; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 7
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 8
יְדִית֛וּןye.di.TunJedithun
Lemma: יְדוּתוּן (ye.du.tun) · Strong's: H3038G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jeduthun
Used 13 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:41, 1 Chronicles 16:42, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:3, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 2 Chronicles 5:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3038G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 9
וְחֹסָ֖הve.cho.Sahand Hosah
Lemma: חֹסָה (cho.sah) · Strong's: H2621H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hosah
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 26:10, 1 Chronicles 26:11, 1 Chronicles 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2621H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 10
לְשֹׁעֲרִֽים\׃le.sho.'a.Rimto gatekeepers
Lemma: שֹׁעֵר (sho.er) · Strong's: H7778
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: gatekeeper
Used 37 times. Also: 2 Samuel 18:26, 2 Kings 7:10, 2 Kings 7:11, 1 Chronicles 9:17, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 1 Chronicles 9:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7778; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:38 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| along with Obed-edom | → | עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם H5654 Obed-edom |
| and his sixty-eight | → | שִׁשִּׁים H8346 sixty |
| . . . | → | שְׁמֹנֶה H8083 eight |
| relatives | → | אָח H0251H brother: male-relative |
| Obed-edom | → | עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם H5654 Obed-edom |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Jeduthun | → | יְדוּתוּן H3038G Jeduthun |
| and also Hosah | → | חֹסָה H2621H Hosah |
| were to be gatekeepers | → | שֹׁעֵר H7778 gatekeeper |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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