1 Chronicles 7:15
in 1 Chronicles 7Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
KJV
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah,.... He married into the tribe of Benjamin, a sister of the persons mentioned, 1Ch 7:12 whose name was Maachah: and the name of the second was Zelophehad; the second son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate son; for he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, Num 27:1. and Zelophehad had daughters; but no sons, the names of his daughters are given, Num 26:33.
This site's exposition
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel
on 1 Chronicles 7:13-19
Naphtali's whole entry is four sons and nothing more, the same four names Genesis 46:24 gives with one spelling changed, and Henry notes no later generations follow because the tribe's genealogies were lost by the Chronicler's day. Manasseh's entry by contrast is the chapter's most tangled, naming a concubine, a sister who reigns as Hammoleketh, and the daughters of Zelophehad without sons, the same family Numbers 27 and 36 already made a test case for inheritance through women. Women stand at the center of Manasseh's line here in a genealogy chapter that otherwise counts almost none, and Maachah's line through Machir the father of Gilead carries the tribe's name into the land east of Jordan.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And Machir took a wife le-Ḥuppim u-le-Shuppim. This means: He took a wife from [Huppim and Shuppim].
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
And his sons were Ulam and Rekem. This refers to Peresh, or to the closer Sheresh.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמָכִ֞יר | umakhir | and Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| לָקַ֤ח | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אִשָּׁה֙ | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| לְחֻפִּ֣ים | lechupim | for Huppim | H2650 → | |
| וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים | uleshupim | and for Shuppim | H8206 → | 3 times |
| וְשֵׁ֤ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֲחֹתוֹ֙ | ʾachoto | sister his | H269 → | 114 times |
| מַעֲכָ֔ה | maakhah | [was] Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | hasheni | the second [son] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| צְלָפְחָ֑ד | tzelafechad | [was] Zelophehad | H6765 → | |
| וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה | vatihyenah | and they belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד | litzlafechad | to Zelophehad | H6765 → | |
| בָּנֽוֹת׃ | banot | daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
וּמָכִ֞ירand Makir
umakhirH4353 →22 times
לָקַ֤חhe took
lakachH3947 →966 times
אִשָּׁה֙a wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
לְחֻפִּ֣יםfor Huppim
lechupimH2650 →
וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔יםand for Shuppim
uleshupimH8206 →3 times
וְשֵׁ֤םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אֲחֹתוֹ֙sister his
ʾachotoH269 →114 times
מַעֲכָ֔ה[was] Maacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יthe second [son]
hasheniH8145 →156 times
צְלָפְחָ֑ד[was] Zelophehad
tzelafechadH6765 →
וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָהand they belonged
vatihyenahH1961 →3559 times
לִצְלָפְחָ֖דto Zelophehad
litzlafechadH6765 →
בָּנֽוֹת׃daughters
banotH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 26:33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
it leads to
- Numbers 27:1
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of…
- Numbers 36:10–12
So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 27:1
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.