1 Chronicles 7:16
in 1 Chronicles 7Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
KJV
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh,.... He had both these sons by her: and his sons were Ulam and Rakem, that is, either the sons of Peresh or Sheresh, the nearest, as Kimchi observes.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And his sons were Ulam and Rekem. This refers to Peresh, or to the closer Sheresh.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And Machir took a wife le-Ḥuppim u-le-Shuppim. This means: He took a wife from [Huppim and Shuppim].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֨לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| מַעֲכָ֤ה | maakhah | Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| אֵֽשֶׁת־ | ʾeshet- | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| מָכִיר֙ | makhir | Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| בֵּ֔ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתִּקְרָ֤א | vatikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמוֹ֙ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| פֶּ֔רֶשׁ | peresh | Peresh | H6570 → | |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אָחִ֖יו | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| שָׁ֑רֶשׁ | sharesh | Sheresh | H8329 → | |
| וּבָנָ֖יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אוּלָ֥ם | ʾulam | [were] Ulam | H198 → | 4 times |
| וָרָֽקֶם׃ | varakem | and Rekem | H7552 → | 6 times |
וַתֵּ֨לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
מַעֲכָ֤הMaacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
אֵֽשֶׁת־[the] wife of
ʾeshet-H802 →781 times
מָכִיר֙Makir
makhirH4353 →22 times
בֵּ֔ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתִּקְרָ֤אand she called
vatikra'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמוֹ֙name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
פֶּ֔רֶשׁPeresh
pereshH6570 →
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אָחִ֖יוbrother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
שָׁ֑רֶשׁSheresh
shareshH8329 →
וּבָנָ֖יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
אוּלָ֥ם[were] Ulam
ʾulamH198 →4 times
וָרָֽקֶם׃and Rekem
varakemH7552 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.