The Meaning of Genesis 36:30 Explained

Genesis 36:30

KJV: Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

YLT: chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

Darby: chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

ASV: chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Duke  Dishon,  duke  Ezer,  duke  Dishan:  these [are] the dukes  [that came] of Hori,  among their dukes  in the land  of Seir. 

What does Genesis 36:30 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 36:30 mean?

Chief Dishon Ezer and Chief Dishan These [were] the chiefs of the Horite according to their chiefs in the land of Seir -
אַלּ֥וּף דִּשֹׁ֛ן אֵ֖צֶר אַלּ֣וּף דִּישָׁ֑ן אֵ֣לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֧י הַחֹרִ֛י לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שֵׂעִֽיר פ

אַלּ֥וּף  Chief 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַלּוּף 
Sense: tame, docile.
דִּשֹׁ֛ן  Dishon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּישֹׁון  
Sense: the fifth son of Seir.
אֵ֖צֶר  Ezer 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵצֶר  
Sense: a chief of the Horites.
אַלּ֣וּף  and  Chief 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַלּוּף 
Sense: tame, docile.
דִּישָׁ֑ן  Dishan 
Parse: 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: a Horite, son of Lotan, the son of Seir.
לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶ֖ם  according  to  their  chiefs 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אַלּוּף 
Sense: tame, docile.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
שֵׂעִֽיר  of  Seir 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֵׂעִיר 
Sense: patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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