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1 Chronicleschapter 7

40 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

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1 Chronicles 7— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 7. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

5 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 5 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

1 Chronicles 7:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְשֻׁפִּ֤םveshupimand ShuppimH8206וְחֻפִּם֙vechupimand HuppimH2650בְּנֵ֣יbenei[were] [the] sons ofH1121עִ֔ירʾirIrH5893חֻשִׁ֖םchushimHushimH2366בְּנֵ֥יbenei[were] [the] sons ofH1121אַחֵֽר׃ʾacherAherH313

Rashi on I Chronicles 7:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And Shuppim and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher Ezra, who wrote this book of genealogy, did not know whether they were of the sons of Benjamin or not. He therefore listed them alone.

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Naphtali and the clans of Manasseh13

1 Chronicles 7:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] sons ofH1121נַפְתָּלִ֗יnaftaliNaphtaliH5321יַחֲצִיאֵ֧לyachatzielJahzielH3185וְגוּנִ֛יveguniand GuniH1476וְיֵ֥צֶרveyetzerand JezerH3337וְשַׁלּ֖וּםveshalumand ShallumH7967בְּנֵ֥יbenei[the] sons ofH1121בִלְהָֽה׃ פvilhahBilhahH1090

Rashi on I Chronicles 7:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, etc. And why was no more of his genealogy traced? This is the reason, as explained at the end of Megillah Yerushalmi 0 (see Com.

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1 Chronicles 7:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] sons ofH1121מְנַשֶּׁ֔הmenashehManassehH4519אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖לʾasrielAsrielH844אֲשֶׁ֣רʾasherwhomH834יָלָ֑דָהyaladahshe boreH3205פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙pilagshoconcubine hisH6370הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔הhaaramiyah<the> ArameanH761יָלְדָ֕הyaldahshe boreH3205אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853מָכִ֖ירmakhirMakirH4353אֲבִ֥יʾavi[the] father ofH1גִלְעָֽד׃giladGileadH1568

Rashi on I Chronicles 7:14

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel whom she bore The meaning is: whom his wife bore to him. A similar case is (Num.:59): “.. whom she bore to Levi in Egypt.” But his Aramean concubine bore Machir.

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