1 Chronicles 2:16 Go deeper
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Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. (KJV)
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צְרוּיָ֣הtze.ru.YahZeruiah
Lemma: צְרוּיָה (tse.ru.yah) · Strong's: H6870
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zeruiah
Used 26 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 14:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6870; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 1
וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִלva.'a.vi.Ga.yiland Abigail
Lemma: אֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל (a.vi.ga.yil) · Strong's: H0026H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Abigail
Used 3 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:25, 1 Chronicles 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0026H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 2
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [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 2:16 word 3
צְרוּיָ֗הtze.ru.YahZeruiah
Lemma: צְרוּיָה (tse.ru.yah) · Strong's: H6870
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zeruiah
Used 26 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 14:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6870; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 4
אַבְשַׁ֛י'av.ShaiAbshai
Lemma: אֲבִישַׁי (a.vi.shay) · Strong's: H0052
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abishai
Used 25 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 1 Samuel 26:7, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 26:9, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0052; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 5
וְיוֹאָ֥בve.yo.'Avand Joab
Lemma: יוֹאָב (yo.av) · Strong's: H3097G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joab
Used 141 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3097G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 6
וַעֲשָׂה\־va.'a.sah-and Asah-
Lemma: עֲשָׂהאֵל (a.sa.h.el) · Strong's: H6214G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Asahel
Used 21 times. Also: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:19, 2 Samuel 2:20, 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6214G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 7
אֵ֖ל'el-el
Lemma: עֲשָׂהאֵל (a.sa.h.el) · Strong's: H6214G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Asahel
Used 21 times. Also: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:19, 2 Samuel 2:20, 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6214G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 8
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃she.lo.Shahthree
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 2:16 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their sisters | → | אָחוֹת H0269 sister |
| were Zeruiah | → | צְרוּיָה H6870 Zeruiah |
| and Abigail | → | אֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל H0026H Abigail |
| And the three | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Zeruiah [were] | → | צְרוּיָה H6870 Zeruiah |
| Abishai | → | אֲבִישַׁי H0052 Abishai |
| Joab | → | יוֹאָב H3097G Joab |
| and Asahel | → | עֲשָׂהאֵל H6214G Asahel |
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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