1 Chronicles 23:16 Go deeper
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Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. (KJV)
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בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 23:16 word 1
גֵרְשׁ֖וֹםge.re.ShomGershom
Lemma: גֵּרְשֹׁם (ge.re.shom) · Strong's: H1647G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Gershom
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Judges 18:30, 1 Chronicles 23:15, 1 Chronicles 26:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1647G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 23:16 word 2
שְׁבוּאֵ֥לshe.vu.'ElShebuel
Lemma: שְׁבוּאֵל (she.vu.el) · Strong's: H7619G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Shebuel
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 24:20, 1 Chronicles 26:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7619G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 23:16 word 3
הָרֹֽאשׁ\׃ha.Roshthe chief
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: head: leader
Used 177 times. Also: Exodus 6:14, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 23:16 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The descendants | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Gershom | → | גֵּרְשֹׁם H1647G Gershom |
| Shebuel | → | שְׁבוּאֵל H7619G Shebuel |
| was the first | → | רֹאשׁ H7218H head: leader |
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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