The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:17

KJV: And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

YLT: And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa is Jether the Ishmeelite.

Darby: And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

ASV: And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Abigail  bare  Amasa:  and the father  of Amasa  [was] Jether  the Ishmeelite. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 2

1  The sons of Israel
3  The posterity of Judah by Tamar
13  The children of Jesse
18  The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron
21  Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir
25  Jerahmeel's posterity
34  Sheshan's posterity
42  Another branch of Caleb's posterity
50  The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 2:17 mean?

And Abigail bore - Amasa and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite
וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־ עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי

וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל  And  Abigail 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲבִיגַיִל  
Sense: wife of Nabal, then of David.
יָלְדָ֖ה  bore 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
עֲמָשָׂ֑א  Amasa 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲמָשָׂא  
Sense: son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom.
וַאֲבִ֣י  and  the  father 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
עֲמָשָׂ֔א  of  Amasa 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲמָשָׂא  
Sense: son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom.
יֶ֖תֶר  [was]  Jether 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶתֶר  
Sense: father-in-law of Moses.
הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי  the  Ishmaelite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי  
Sense: a descendant of Ishmael.

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