1 Chronicles 4:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃

Transliteration

bᵊnê šēlāh ben-yᵊhûdāh ʿēr ʾăbî lēkāh wᵊlaʿdāh ʾăbî mārēšāh ûmišpᵊḥôt bêt-ʿăbōdat habbūṣ lᵊbêt ʾašbēaʿ

Grammar Details

*bᵊnê*: construct plural - sons of
*šēlāh*: proper name - Shelah
*ben*-*yᵊhûdāh*: construct singular + proper name - son of Judah
*ʿēr*: proper name - Er
*ʾăbî*: construct singular - father of
*lēkāh*: proper name - Lecah
*wᵊlaʿdāh*: conjunction + proper name - and Laadah
*mārēšāh*: proper name - Mareshah
*ûmišpᵊḥôt*: conjunction + feminine plural construct - and families of
*bêt*-*ʿăbōdat*: construct singular + construct singular - house of the workmen of
*habbūṣ*: definite article + noun - the fine linen
*lᵊbêt*: preposition + construct singular - of the house of
*ʾašbēaʿ*: proper name - Ashbea

Word Meanings

*bᵊnê*: sons/descendants of
*ʾăbî*: father of/founder of
*ûmišpᵊḥôt*: and families/and clans
*bêt*-*ʿăbōdat* *habbūṣ*: house of the workers in fine linen/guild of linen workers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 38:5 : 5 And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Gen 46:12 : 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Num 26:20 : 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
1 Chr 2:3 : 3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.
1 Chr 9:5 : 5 And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.
Neh 11:5 : 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

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1 Chr 26:21
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1 Chr 4:16
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1 Chr 23:9
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