The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 4:7 Explained

1 Chronicles 4:7

KJV: And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

YLT: And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

Darby: And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

ASV: And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Helah  [were], Zereth,  and Jezoar,  and Ethnan. 

What does 1 Chronicles 4:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 4

1  The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur
5  Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron
9  Of Jabez, and his prayer
11  The other families of the same stock
21  The sons of Shelah
24  The posterity and cities of Simeon
39  Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 4:7 mean?

And the sons of Helah [were] Zereth - Zohar and Ethnan
וּבְנֵ֖י חֶלְאָ֑ה צֶ֥רֶת [יצחר] (וְצֹ֖חַר) וְאֶתְנָֽן

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חֶלְאָ֑ה  of  Helah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶלְאָה  
Sense: one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoah.
צֶ֥רֶת  [were]  Zereth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֶרֶת  
Sense: son of Ashur, the founder of Tekoa, by his wife Helah.
[יצחר]  - 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
(וְצֹ֖חַר)  Zohar 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְחָר  
Sense: Additional Information: Zohar = “tawny”.
וְאֶתְנָֽן  and  Ethnan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶתְנַן  
Sense: a grandson of Ashur.

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