1 Chronicles 23:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְעִ֗י *שלמות **שְׁלוֹמִ֧ית וַחֲזִיאֵ֛ל וְהָרָ֖ן שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה אֵ֛לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לְלַעְדָּֽן׃ ס

Transliteration

Bənê Šiməʿî Šəlômîṯ and-Ḥăzîʾēl and-Hārān three ʾēlleh rāʾšê the-ʾāḇôṯ for-Laʿədān

Grammar Details

*Bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Šiməʿî*: proper noun
*Šəlômîṯ*: proper noun (appears in ketiv/qere form in source)
*Ḥăzîʾēl*: proper noun
*Hārān*: proper noun
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these
*rāʾšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - heads of
*ʾāḇôṯ*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the fathers
*Laʿədān*: proper noun

Word Meanings

*rāʾšê* *ʾāḇôṯ*: heads of fathers' houses, family chiefs, patriarchal leaders

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