1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 4:17–18

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth^h to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah.ⁱ

Mered also took a Judean^j wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

Footnotes

h 4:17 Literally she gave birth
i 4:18 This statement is at the end of verse 18 in the Hebrew.
j 4:18 Or Judahite

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1 Chronicles 4:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sons	וּבֶן־	ū·ḇen-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Ezrah	עֶזְרָ֔ה	‘ez·rāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5834 Ezrah
Jether	יֶ֥תֶר	ye·ṯer	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3500 Jether
Mered	וּמֶ֖רֶד	ū·me·reḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4778 Mered
Epher	וְעֵ֣פֶר	wə·‘ê·p̄er	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6081 Epher
and Jalon	וְיָל֑וֹן	wə·yā·lō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3210 Jalon
And	וַתַּ֙הַר֙	wat·ta·har	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2029 conceive, become pregnant
to Miriam	מִרְיָ֣ם	mir·yām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4813 Mirjam
Shammai	שַׁמַּ֔י	šam·may	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8060 Shammai
and Ishbah	יִשְׁבָּ֖ח	yiš·bāḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3431 Jishbach
the father	אֲבִ֥י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Eshtemoa	אֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ׃	’eš·tə·mō·a‘	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H851 Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh

1 Chronicles 4:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
These	וְאֵ֗לֶּה	wə·’êl·leh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
were the children	בְּנֵי֙	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Pharaoh’s	פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
daughter	בַת־	ḇaṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
Bithiah	בִּתְיָ֣ה	biṯ·yāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1332 Bithjah
Mered also	מָֽרֶד׃ס	mā·reḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4778 Mered
took	לָקַ֖ח	lā·qaḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
a Judean	הַיְהֻדִיָּ֗ה	hay·hu·ḏî·yāh	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3057 Jehudijah
wife	וְאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ	wə·’iš·tōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
who gave birth to	יָלְדָ֞ה	yā·lə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Jered	יֶ֨רֶד	ye·reḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3382 Jered
the father	אֲבִ֤י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Gedor	גְדוֹר֙	ḡə·ḏō·wr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1446 Gedor
Heber	חֶ֙בֶר֙	ḥe·ḇer	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2268 Cheber
the father	אֲבִ֣י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Soco	שׂוֹכ֔וֹ	śō·w·ḵōw	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7755 in Judah:
and Jekuthiel	יְקֽוּתִיאֵ֖ל	yə·qū·ṯî·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3354 Jekuthiel
the father	אֲבִ֣י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Zanoah	זָנ֑וֹחַ	zā·nō·w·aḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2182 Zanoach

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