1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 4:9

⁹Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^d saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now Jabez	יַעְבֵּ֔ץ	ya‘·bêṣ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3258 Jabez
was	וַיְהִ֣י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
more honorable	נִכְבָּ֖ד	niḵ·bāḏ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
than his brothers	מֵאֶחָ֑יו	mê·’e·ḥāw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother
His mother	וְאִמּ֗וֹ	wə·’im·mōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
had named him	קָרְאָ֨ה	qā·rə·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Jabez	יַעְבֵּץ֙	ya‘·bêṣ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3258 Jabez
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Because	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I bore	יָלַ֖דְתִּי	yā·laḏ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
in pain	בְּעֹֽצֶב׃	bə·‘ō·ṣeḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H6090 pain

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.