The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 1:23 Explained

1 Chronicles 1:23

KJV: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

YLT: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan.

Darby: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.

ASV: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Ophir,  and Havilah,  and Jobab.  All these [were] the sons  of Joktan. 

What does 1 Chronicles 1:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 1

1  Adam's line to Noah
5  The sons of Japheth
8  The sons of Ham
17  The sons of Shem
24  Shem's line to Abraham
29  Ishmael's sons
32  The sons of Keturah
34  The posterity of Abraham by Esau
38  The sons of Seir
43  The kings of Edom
51  The dukes of Edom

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 1:23 mean?

and Ophir Havilah Jobab All these [were] the sons of Joktan -
וְאֶת־ אוֹפִ֥יר חֲוִילָ֖ה יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־ אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן ס

אוֹפִ֥יר  Ophir 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹופִיר 
Sense: eleventh son of Joktan.
חֲוִילָ֖ה  Havilah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲוִילָה  
Sense: a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea.
יוֹבָ֑ב  Jobab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄובָב 
Sense: the last in order of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem.
אֵ֖לֶּה  these  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יָקְטָֽן  of  Joktan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָקְטָן  
Sense: son of Eber and descendant of Shem and patriarch of various Arabian tribes.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation