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1 Chronicleschapter 8

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

Original Language

1 Chronicles 8— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 8. 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

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 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.

Benjamin's chiefs and the fathers who dwelt in Jerusalem1

1 Chronicles 8:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminand BenjaminH1144הוֹלִ֖ידholidhe fatheredH3205אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853בֶּ֣לַעbela'BelaH1106בְּכֹר֑וֹbekhorofirstborn hisH1060אַשְׁבֵּל֙ʾashbelAshbelH788הַשֵּׁנִ֔יhashenithe secondH8145וְאַחְרַ֖חveachrachand AhrahH315הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃hashelishithe thirdH7992

Rashi on I Chronicles 8:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn He already traced his genealogy (above:6-11), but since he wished to trace his genealogy until Saul, he commences to trace it from Benjamin.

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1 Chronicles 8:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּמֵחֻשִׁ֛יםumechushimand from HushimH2366הוֹלִ֥ידholidhe fatheredH3205אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853אֲבִיט֖וּבʾavituvAbitubH36וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃ʾelpaalElpaalH508

Rashi on I Chronicles 8:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And from Hushim he begot This is Hushim his wife, mentioned above, and because there was an interruption with Hodesh his wife.

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The house of Saul traced through Jonathan29

1 Chronicles 8:29· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבְגִבְע֥וֹןuvegivonand in GibeonH1391יָשְׁב֖וּyashevuthey dweltH3427אֲבִ֣יʾavi[the] father ofH1גִבְע֑וֹןgivonGibeonH1391וְשֵׁ֥םveshemand [the] name ofH8034אִשְׁתּ֖וֹʾishtowife hisH802מַעֲכָֽה׃maakhah[was] MaacahH4601יְעִיאֵלyeuelJeielH3273

Rashi on I Chronicles 8:29

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And in Gibeon dwelt the leader of Gibeon This section until (verse 38): “..all these were the sons of Azel,” is written twice in this Book.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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