1 Chronicles 7:32
in 1 Chronicles 7Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
KJV
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Shua their sister - It is very rarely that women are found in the Jewish genealogies, and they are never inserted but for especial reasons.
This site's exposition
The children of Asher
on 1 Chronicles 7:30-40
Asher's record runs three generations after Beriah and closes with 26,000 men fit for battle. Verse 40 calls them choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. Gill points out that Dan and Zebulun get no entry anywhere in this chapter.
This site's exposition
Heber was the father of Japhlet
Clarke notes that women seldom appear in these genealogies and are named only for a reason, as Shua is here and Serah in verse 30. Verse 34 spells Shomer as Shemer. Helem in verse 35 may be Hotham.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam.
And Heber,.... The other grandson of Asher; and son of Beriah: begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister; a place on the borders of Ephraim is called the coast of Japhleti; but whether from this Japhlet is uncertain.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחֶ֙בֶר֙ | vechever | and Heber | H2268 → | 11 times |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַפְלֵ֔ט | yaflet | Japhlet | H3310 → | 3 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שׁוֹמֵ֖ר | shomer | Shomer | H7763 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חוֹתָ֑ם | chotam | Hotham | H2369 → | |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שׁוּעָ֥א | shua' | Shua | H7774 → | |
| אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾachotam | sister their | H269 → | 114 times |
וְחֶ֙בֶר֙and Heber
vecheverH2268 →11 times
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַפְלֵ֔טJaphlet
yafletH3310 →3 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שׁוֹמֵ֖רShomer
shomerH7763 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חוֹתָ֑םHotham
chotamH2369 →
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שׁוּעָ֥אShua
shua'H7774 →
אֲחוֹתָֽם׃sister their
ʾachotamH269 →114 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 7:34 to 35; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.