1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 2:4–8

⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri,^a Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^b— five in all.

⁷The son^c of Carmi:

Achar,^d who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

Footnotes

a 2:6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1|JOS 7:1.
b 2:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31|1KI 4:31) Darda
c 2:7 Hebrew sons
d 2:7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Tamar	וְתָמָר֙	wə·ṯā·mār	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8559 Tamar
Judah’s daughter-in-law	כַּלָּת֔וֹ	kal·lā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3618 daughter-in-law, bride
bore	יָ֥לְדָה	yā·lə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to him	לּ֖וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
Perez	פֶּ֣רֶץ	pe·reṣ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6557 Perets
and Zerah	זָ֑רַח	zā·raḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2226 Zerach
Judah	יְהוּדָ֖ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
had five	חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס	ḥă·miš·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
sons	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
in all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sons	בְּנֵי־	bə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Perez	פֶ֖רֶץ	p̄e·reṣ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6557 Perets
Hezron	חֶצְר֥וֹן	ḥeṣ·rō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2696 Chetsron
and Hamul	וְחָמֽוּל׃ס	wə·ḥā·mūl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2538 Chamul

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sons	וּבְנֵ֣י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Zerah	זֶ֗רַח	ze·raḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2226 Zerach
Zimri	זִ֠מְרִי	zim·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2174 Zimri
Ethan	וְאֵיתָ֧ן	wə·’ê·ṯān	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H387 Ethan
Heman	וְהֵימָ֛ן	wə·hê·mān	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1968 Heman
Calcol	וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל	wə·ḵal·kōl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3633 Calcol
and Dara	וָדָ֖רַע	wā·ḏā·ra‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1873 Dara
five	חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס	ḥă·miš·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
in all	כֻּלָּ֥ם	kul·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The son	וּבְנֵ֖י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Carmi	כַּרְמִ֑י	kar·mî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3756 Karmi
Achar	עָכָר֙	‘ā·ḵār	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5917 Akar
who brought trouble	עוֹכֵ֣ר	‘ō·w·ḵêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5916 stir up, disturb, trouble
upon Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
by violating	מָעַ֖ל	mā·‘al	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4603 act unfaithfully, treacherously
the ban on devoted things	בַּחֵֽרֶם׃ס	ba·ḥê·rem	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2764 devoted thing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The son	וּבְנֵ֥י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Ethan	אֵיתָ֖ן	’ê·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H387 Ethan
Azariah	עֲזַרְיָֽה׃	‘ă·zar·yāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5838 Azarjah

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Chronicles 2:4 Matthew 1:3 · Genesis 38:13–30

1 Chronicles 2:5 Genesis 46:12 · Ruth 4:18 · Numbers 26:21

1 Chronicles 2:6 1 Kings 4:31

1 Chronicles 2:7 Joshua 6:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.