1 Chronicles 18:17 Go deeper
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. (KJV)
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וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙u.ve.na.Ya.huand Benaiah
Lemma: בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) · Strong's: H1141G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Benaiah
Used 24 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1141G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 1
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 18:17 word 2
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'Jehoiada
Lemma: יְהוֹיָדָע (ye.ho.ya.da) · Strong's: H3077G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jehoiada
Used 21 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3077G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 3
עַל\־'al-[was] over
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 4
הַכְּרֵתִ֖יha.ke.re.Tithe Kerethite[s]
Lemma: כְּרֵתִי (ke.re.ti) · Strong's: H3774H
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Cherethite
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 20:7, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3774H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 5
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יve.ha.pe.le.Tiand the Pelethite[s]
Lemma: פְּלֵתִי (pe.le.ti) · Strong's: H6432
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Pelethite
Used 7 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6432; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 6
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 18:17 word 7
דָוִ֥ידda.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 8
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.Nim[were] the first
Lemma: רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) · Strong's: H7223I
Parsing: Aompa (Aompa)
Meaning: first: chief
Used 4 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 22:1, Ezra 9:2, Daniel 10:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7223I; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 9
לְיַ֥דle.Yadto [the] side of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 10
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃\ \פha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 18:17 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Benaiah | → | בְּנָיָ֫הוּ H1141G Benaiah |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Jehoiada | → | יְהוֹיָדָע H3077G Jehoiada |
| was over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the Cherethites | → | כְּרֵתִי H3774H Cherethite |
| and Pelethites | → | פְּלֵתִי H6432 Pelethite |
| and David’s | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| were chief officials | → | רִאשׁוֹן H7223I first: chief |
| at the king’s | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| side | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
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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