The Meaning of Genesis 36:21 Explained

Genesis 36:21

KJV: And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

YLT: and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are chiefs of the Horites, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

Darby: and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

ASV: and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Dishon,  and Ezer,  and Dishan:  these [are] the dukes  of the Horites,  the children  of Seir  in the land  of Edom. 

What does Genesis 36:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 36

1  Esau's three wives
6  His removal to mount Seir
9  His sons
15  The dukes which descended of his sons
20  The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite
24  Anah finds mules
31  The kings of Edom
40  The dukes that descended of Esau

What do the individual words in Genesis 36:21 mean?

and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan These [were] the chiefs of the Horite the sons of Seir in the land of Edom
וְדִשׁ֥וֹן וְאֵ֖צֶר וְדִישָׁ֑ן אֵ֣לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֧י הַחֹרִ֛י בְּנֵ֥י שֵׂעִ֖יר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם

וְדִשׁ֥וֹן  and  Dishon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּישֹׁון  
Sense: the fifth son of Seir.
וְאֵ֖צֶר  and  Ezer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵצֶר  
Sense: a chief of the Horites.
וְדִישָׁ֑ן  and  Dishan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּישָׁן  
Sense: the fifth son of Seir.
אֵ֣לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
אַלּוּפֵ֧י  the  chiefs 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אַלּוּף 
Sense: tame, docile.
הַחֹרִ֛י  of  the  Horite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹרִי  
Sense: the inhabitants of Mount Seir.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שֵׂעִ֖יר  of  Seir 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׂעִיר 
Sense: patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אֱדֽוֹם  of  Edom 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱדֹום 
Sense: Edom.

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