1 Chronicles 2:44
in 1 Chronicles 2Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.
KJV
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam,.... Which Hillerus (s) takes to be the name of a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jarchi's note is, that wherever the word "father" is here used, it is to be understood of the prince of a city that follows: and Rekem begat Shammai; there is a descendant of Jerahmeel, the brother of Caleb, of this name, 1Ch 2:28. (s) Onomast. Sacr. p. 329.
This site's exposition
the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn
on 1 Chronicles 2:42-50
A second Caleb, grandson of the Caleb who fathered Hur, opens his own list of descendants called fathers of Ziph, Hebron and other towns in Judah's hill country, a formula the bench reads as founder or prince of each place rather than literal begetting. The name Caleb belongs to two distinct men here, one the son of Hezron and one his own grandson, and the text leaves the repetition standing without comment.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֶׁ֣מַע | veshema' | and Shema | H8087 → | 5 times |
| הוֹלִ֔יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רַ֖חַם | racham | Raham | H7357 → | |
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יָרְקֳעָ֑ם | yarekoam | Jorkeam | H3421 → | |
| וְרֶ֖קֶם | verekem | and Rekem | H7552 → | 6 times |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁמָּֽי׃ | shamai | Shammai | H8060 → | 6 times |
וְשֶׁ֣מַעand Shema
veshema'H8087 →5 times
הוֹלִ֔ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רַ֖חַםRaham
rachamH7357 →
אֲבִ֣י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
יָרְקֳעָ֑םJorkeam
yarekoamH3421 →
וְרֶ֖קֶםand Rekem
verekemH7552 →6 times
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁמָּֽי׃Shammai
shamaiH8060 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.