The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 8:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 8:3

KJV: And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

YLT: And there are sons to Bela: Addar, and Gera,

Darby: And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

ASV: And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Bela  were, Addar,  and Gera,  and Abihud, 

What does 1 Chronicles 8:3 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 8:3 mean?

And the sons of Bela [were] Addar and Gera and Abihud
וַיִּהְי֥וּ בָנִ֖ים לְבָ֑לַע אַדָּ֥ר וְגֵרָ֖א וַאֲבִיהֽוּד

בָנִ֖ים  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לְבָ֑לַע  of  Bela 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּלַע 
Sense: a king of Edom.
אַדָּ֥ר  [were]  Addar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַדָּר 
Sense: son of Bela and Benjamin’s grandson.
וְגֵרָ֖א  and  Gera 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרָא  
Sense: a son of Benjamin.
וַאֲבִיהֽוּד  and  Abihud 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיהוּד  
Sense: son of Bela, a Benjamite.

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