1 Chronicles 2:54

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, {H5854} and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י שַׂלְמָ֗א בֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְט֣וֹפָתִ֔י עַטְר֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֑ב וַחֲצִ֥י הַמָּנַחְתִּ֖י הַצָּרְעִֽי׃

Transliteration

bənê Salmāʾ Bêt Leḥem û-Nəṭôfātî ʿAṭrôt Bêt Yôʾāb wə-ḥăṣî ham-Mānaḥtî haṣ-Ṣārəʿî

Grammar Details

*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*Salmāʾ*: proper noun, masculine singular - name of a person
*Bêt* *Leḥem*: proper noun, feminine singular - place name (Bethlehem)
*û-Nəṭôfātî*: waw conjunction + gentilic adjective masculine singular - and the Netophathite
*ʿAṭrôt* *Bêt* *Yôʾāb*: proper noun, feminine singular - place name (Atroth Beth-Joab)
*wə-ḥăṣî*: waw conjunction + construct state, masculine singular - and half of
*ham-Mānaḥtî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Manahathite
*haṣ-Ṣārəʿî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Zorite

Word Meanings

*ʿAṭrôt*: crowns/wreaths/place name

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Referenced Verses

Ezra 2:22 : 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
Neh 7:26 : 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.
Neh 12:28 : 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
Josh 16:2 : 2 and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
2 Sam 23:29 : 29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
1 Chr 11:30 : 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

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