The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 1:8 Explained

1 Chronicles 1:8

KJV: The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

YLT: Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Darby: The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.

ASV: The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Ham;  Cush,  and Mizraim,  Put,  and Canaan. 

What does 1 Chronicles 1:8 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 1:8 mean?

The sons of Ham [were] Cush and Mizraim Put and Canaan
בְּנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם פּ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן

בְּנֵ֖י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חָ֑ם  of  Ham 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָם  
Sense: 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands.
כּ֥וּשׁ  [were]  Cush 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כּוּשׁ 
Sense: a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7.
וּמִצְרַ֖יִם  and  Mizraim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
פּ֥וּט  Put 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פּוּט  
Sense: a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans.
וּכְנָֽעַן  and  Canaan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.

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