1 Chronicles 1:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י שֵׁ֔ם עֵילָ֣ם וְאַשּׁ֔וּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֣וּד וַאֲרָ֑ם וְע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

bənê Šēm ʿÊlām wə-ʾAššûr wə-ʾArpakšad wə-Lûd wa-ʾĂrām wə-ʿÛṣ wə-Ḥûl wə-Geter wā-Mešek

Grammar Details

• *bənê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - sons of
• *Šēm*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Shem
• *ʿÊlām*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Elam
• *wə-ʾAššûr*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Asshur
• *wə-ʾArpakšad*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Arphaxad
• *wə-Lûd*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Lud
• *wa-ʾĂrām*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Aram
• *wə-ʿÛṣ*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Uz
• *wə-Ḥûl*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Hul
• *wə-Geter*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Gether
• *wā-Mešek*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Meshech
• ס: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *bənê*: sons of/descendants of

Referenced Verses

• Gen 10:22-32 : 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Gen 11:10 : 10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
• Gen 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
• Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
• Num 24:22-24 : 22 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? 24 But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.
• Ezra 4:2 : 2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.
• Ps 83:8 : 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
• Isa 22:6 : 6 [And Elam] [bare] [the quiver,] [with chariots] [of men] [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
• Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
• Jer 25:25 : 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
• Ezek 27:10 : 10 Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
• Ezek 27:23 : 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were thy traffickers.
• Ezek 32:22 : 22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
• Ezek 32:24 : 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
• Dan 8:2 : 2 And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
• Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.