The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:35 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:35

KJV: And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

YLT: And in Gibeon dwelt hath the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife is Maachah;

Darby: And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and his wife's name was Maachah.

ASV: And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in Gibeon  dwelt  the father  of Gibeon,  Jehiel,  whose wife's  name  [was] Maachah: 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:35 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:35 mean?

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon Jeiel Jeiel and name of whose wife [was] Maacah
וּבְגִבְע֛וֹן יָשְׁב֥וּ אֲבִֽי־ גִבְע֖וֹן [יעואל] (יְעִיאֵ֑ל) וְשֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מַעֲכָֽה

וּבְגִבְע֛וֹן  And  at  Gibeon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעֹן  
Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem.
יָשְׁב֥וּ  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אֲבִֽי־  the  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
גִבְע֖וֹן  of  Gibeon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעֹן  
Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem.
[יעואל]  Jeiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
(יְעִיאֵ֑ל)  Jeiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעִיאֵל  
Sense: one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra.
וְשֵׁ֥ם  and  name 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ  of  whose  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
מַעֲכָֽה  [was]  Maacah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַעֲכָה 
Sense: father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon’s reign.