1 Chronicles 2:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַחַ֥ר מוֹת־חֶצְר֖וֹן בְּכָלֵ֣ב אֶפְרָ֑תָה וְאֵ֤שֶׁת חֶצְרוֹן֙ אֲבִיָּ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶת־אַשְׁח֖וּר אֲבִ֥י תְקֽוֹעַ׃

Transliteration

And ʾaḥar mōt-ḥeṣrōn in kālēb ʾeprātāh and ʾēšet ḥeṣrōn ʾăbîyāh and-tēled to-him ʾet-ʾašḥûr ʾăbî teqôaʿ.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḥar*: preposition - after
*mōt*: construct state, masculine singular - death of
*ḥeṣrōn*: proper name, masculine
*bə-*: preposition - in
*kālēb*: proper name, masculine
*ʾeprātāh*: proper name, feminine
*ʾēšet*: construct state, feminine singular - wife of
*ʾăbîyāh*: proper name, feminine
*wa-tēled*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾašḥûr*: proper name, masculine
*ʾăbî*: construct state, masculine singular - father of
*teqôaʿ*: proper name, place

Word Meanings

*ʾaḥar*: after/following
*bə-kālēb*: in Caleb (as a place)/into Caleb (meaning unclear)

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 4:5 : 5 And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1 Sam 30:14 : 14 We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
1 Chr 2:9 : 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
1 Chr 2:18-19 : 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.

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5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
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1 Chr 2:18-21
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18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.
20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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25And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
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