1 Chronicles 7:16 Go deeper
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And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. (KJV)
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וַתֵּ֨לֶדva.Te.ledand she bore
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 1
מַעֲכָ֤הma.'a.KhahMaacah
Lemma: מַעֲכָה (ma.a.khah) · Strong's: H4601M
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Maacah
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 7:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4601M; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 2
אֵֽשֶׁת\־'e.shet-[the] wife of
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 3
מָכִיר֙ma.KhirMakir
Lemma: מָכִיר (ma.khir) · Strong's: H4353G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Machir
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 50:23, Numbers 26:29, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:40, Numbers 36:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4353G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 4
בֵּ֔ןBena son
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 7:16 word 5
וַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'and she called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to call: call by
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 6
שְׁמוֹ֙she.Moname his
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 7
פֶּ֔רֶשׁPe.reshPeresh
Lemma: פֶּ֫רֶשׁ (pe.resh) · Strong's: H6570
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Peresh
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6570; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 8
וְשֵׁ֥םve.Shemand [the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 9
אָחִ֖יו'a.Chivbrother his
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 10
שָׁ֑רֶשׁSha.reshSheresh
Lemma: שָׁ֑רֶשׁ (she.resh) · Strong's: H8329
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Sheresh
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8329; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 11
וּבָנָ֖יוu.va.Navand sons his
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 7:16 word 12
אוּלָ֥ם'u.Lam[were] Ulam
Lemma: אוּלָם (u.lam) · Strong's: H0198G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ulam
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0198G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 13
וָרָֽקֶם\׃va.Ra.kemand Rekem
Lemma: רֶ֫קֶם (re.qem) · Strong's: H7552J
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Rakem
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7552J; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 7:16 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Machir’s | → | מָכִיר H4353G Machir |
| wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| Maacah | → | מַעֲכָה H4601M Maacah |
| gave birth to | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| a son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and she named him | → | קָרָא H7121H to call: call by |
| . . . | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Peresh | → | פֶּ֫רֶשׁ H6570 Peresh |
| His brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| was named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Sheresh | → | שָׁ֑רֶשׁ H8329 Sheresh |
| and his sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| were Ulam | → | אוּלָם H0198G Ulam |
| and Rekem | → | רֶ֫קֶם H7552J Rakem |
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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