The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:21

KJV: And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

YLT: and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and slain them have men of Gath who are born in the land, because they came down to take their cattle.

Darby: and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elad. And the men of Gath born in the land slew them, because they came down to take their cattle.

ASV: and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Zabad  his son,  and Shuthelah  his son,  and Ezer,  and Elead,  whom the men  of Gath  [that were] born  in [that] land  slew,  because they came down  to take away  their cattle. 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 7

1  The sons of Issachar;
6  of Benjamin;
13  of Naphtali;
14  of Manasseh;
15  and of Ephraim
21  The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath
23  His posterity by Beriah
28  Their habitations
30  The sons of Asher

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 7:21 mean?

and Zabad his son and Shuthelah and Ezer and Elead and killed [them] the men of Gath who were born in [that] land because they came down to take away - their cattle
וְזָבָ֥ד בְּנ֛וֹ וְשׁוּתֶ֥לַח וְעֵ֣זֶר וְאֶלְעָ֑ד וַהֲרָג֗וּם אַנְשֵׁי־ גַת֙ הַנּוֹלָדִ֣ים בָּאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֣י יָרְד֔וּ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־ מִקְנֵיהֶֽם

וְזָבָ֥ד  and  Zabad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָבָד  
Sense: a descendant of Judah; son of Nathan, grandson of Attai, great grandson of Ahlai Sheshan’s daughter.
בְּנ֛וֹ  his  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וְשׁוּתֶ֥לַח  and  Shuthelah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּתֶלַח  
Sense: son of Ephraim, ancestor of Joshua, and progenitor of family of Ephraim.
וְעֵ֣זֶר  and  Ezer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵזֶר  
Sense: son of Ephraim who was slain by inhabitants of Gath.
וְאֶלְעָ֑ד  and  Elead 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְעָד  
Sense: a descendant of Ephraim.
וַהֲרָג֗וּם  and  killed  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural, third person masculine plural
Root: הָרַג  
Sense: to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand.
אַנְשֵׁי־  the  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
גַת֙  of  Gath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גַּת  
Sense: one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath.
הַנּוֹלָדִ֣ים  who  were  born 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָּאָ֔רֶץ  in  [that]  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כִּ֣י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יָרְד֔וּ  they  came  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
לָקַ֖חַת  to  take  away 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
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.
מִקְנֵיהֶֽם  their  cattle 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.

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