The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:55 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:55

KJV: And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

YLT: and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They are the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.

Darby: and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

ASV: And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the families  of the scribes  which dwelt  {08675;03427:08804} at Jabez;  the Tirathites,  the Shimeathites,  [and] Suchathites.  These  [are] the Kenites  that came  of Hemath,  the father  of the house  of Rechab. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:55 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 2:55 mean?

And the families of the scribes - who dwelt at Jabez [were] the Tirathites the Shimeathites [and] the Suchathites Those [were] the Kenites who came from Hammath the father of the house of Rechab -
וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת סֹפְרִים֙ [ישבו] (יֹשְׁבֵ֣י) יַעְבֵּ֔ץ תִּרְעָתִ֥ים שִׁמְעָתִ֖ים שׂוּכָתִ֑ים הֵ֚מָּה הַקִּינִ֣ים הַבָּאִ֔ים מֵחַמַּ֖ת אֲבִ֥י בֵית־ רֵכָֽב ס

וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת  And  the  families 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
סֹפְרִים֙  of  the  scribes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
[ישבו]  - 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
(יֹשְׁבֵ֣י)  who  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
יַעְבֵּ֔ץ  at  Jabez 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַעְבֵּץ 
Sense: the head of a Calebite family.
תִּרְעָתִ֥ים  [were]  the  Tirathites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: תִּרְעָתִים  
Sense: one of the 3 families of Kenite scribes living at Jabez.
שִׁמְעָתִ֖ים  the  Shimeathites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: שִׁמְעָתִי  
Sense: a family of scribes.
שׂוּכָתִ֑ים  [and]  the  Suchathites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: שׂוּכָתִי  
Sense: a family of scribes at Jabez and descendants of Judah through Caleb.
הֵ֚מָּה  Those  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
הַקִּינִ֣ים  the  Kenites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֵינִי  
Sense: the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai.
הַבָּאִ֔ים  who  came 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מֵחַמַּ֖ת  from  Hammath 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַמַּת 
Sense: one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali.
אֲבִ֥י  the  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בֵית־  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
רֵכָֽב  of  Rechab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֵכָב 
Sense: father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation