The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 8:12 Explained

1 Chronicles 8:12

KJV: The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

YLT: And sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misheam, and Shamer, (he built Ono and Lod and its small towns),

Darby: And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages;

ASV: And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Elpaal;  Eber,  and Misham,  and Shamed,  who built  Ono,  and Lod,  with the towns  thereof: 

What does 1 Chronicles 8:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 8

1  The sons and chief men of Benjamin
33  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 8:12 mean?

And the sons of Elpaal [were] Eber and Misham and Shemed he built - Ono and Lod and with its towns
וּבְנֵ֣י אֶלְפַּ֔עַל עֵ֥בֶר וּמִשְׁעָ֖ם וָשָׁ֑מֶד ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־ אוֹנ֔וֹ וְאֶת־ לֹ֖ד וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֶלְפַּ֔עַל  of  Elpaal 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְפַּעַל  
Sense: a Benjamite.
עֵ֥בֶר  [were]  Eber 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵבֶר  
Sense: son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan.
וּמִשְׁעָ֖ם  and  Misham 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁעָם  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Shaharaim.
וָשָׁ֑מֶד  and  Shemed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶר 
Sense: the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built.
בָּנָ֣ה  built 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
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.
אוֹנ֔וֹ  Ono 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֹונׄו  
Sense: city in Benjamin.
לֹ֖ד  Lod 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לֹד  
Sense: a city approx miles (7 km) southeast of Joppa in the plain of Sharon in the territory of Benjamin.
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ  and  with  its  towns 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.

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