1 Chronicles 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃

Transliteration

ûbənê zeraḥ zimrî wəʾêtān wəhêmān wəkalkōl wādāraʿ, kullām ḥămiššâ.

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction prefix - and
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*zeraḥ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Zerah
*zimrî*: proper noun, masculine singular - Zimri
*wə-*: conjunction prefix - and
*ʾêtān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ethan
*hêmān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Heman
*kalkōl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Calcol
*wā-*: conjunction prefix - and
*dāraʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Dara
*kullām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - all of them
*ḥămiššâ*: numeral, masculine - five

Word Meanings

*zimrî*: also known as Zabdi in Joshua 7:1

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 4:31 : 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.
Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
Josh 7:17-18 : 17 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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