1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 2:21–22

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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1 Chronicles 2:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Later	וְאַחַ֗ר	wə·’a·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H310 behind
Hezron	חֶצְרוֹן֙	ḥeṣ·rō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2696 Chetsron
slept with	בָּ֤א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of Machir	מָכִיר֙	mā·ḵîr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4353 Makir
the father	אֲבִ֣י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Gilead	גִלְעָ֔ד	ḡil·‘āḏ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1568 Gilad
He	וְה֣וּא	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
had married her	לְקָחָ֔הּ	lə·qā·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3947 take
when he	וְה֖וּא	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
was sixty	שִׁשִּׁ֣ים	šiš·šîm	Number - common plural	H8346 sixty
years old	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
and she bore	וַתֵּ֥לֶד	wat·tê·leḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to him	ל֖וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
Segub	שְׂגֽוּב׃	śə·ḡūḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7687 Segub

1 Chronicles 2:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Segub	וּשְׂג֖וּב	ū·śə·ḡūḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7687 Segub
was the father of	הוֹלִ֣יד	hō·w·lîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Jair	יָאִ֑יר	yā·’îr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2971 Jair
who had	וַֽיְהִי־	way·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
twenty-three	עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
cities	עָרִ֔ים	‘ā·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
in the land	בְּאֶ֖רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Gilead	הַגִּלְעָֽד׃	hag·gil·‘āḏ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1568 Gilad

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