The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:4 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:4

KJV: And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

YLT: And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five.

Darby: And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

ASV: And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Tamar  his daughter in law  bare  him Pharez  and Zerah.  All the sons  of Judah  [were] five. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:4 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 2:4 mean?

And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him - Perez and Zerah All the sons of Judah [were] five -
וְתָמָר֙ כַּלָּת֔וֹ יָ֥לְדָה לּ֖וֹ אֶת־ פֶּ֣רֶץ וְאֶת־ זָ֑רַח כָּל־ בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה חֲמִשָּֽׁה ס

וְתָמָר֙  And  Tamar 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תָּמָר 
Sense: widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah.
כַּלָּת֔וֹ  his  daughter-in-law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כַּלָּה  
Sense: bride, daughter-in-law.
יָ֥לְדָה  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.
פֶּ֣רֶץ  Perez 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פֶּרֶץ  
Sense: twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ.
זָ֑רַח  Zerah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַח  
Sense: a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֖ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
חֲמִשָּֽׁה  [were]  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation