1 Chronicles 4:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְשִׁמְעִ֞י בָּנִ֨ים שִׁשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּבָנ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔שׁ וּלְאֶחָ֕יו אֵ֖ין בָּנִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְכֹל֙ מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הִרְבּ֖וּ עַד־בְּנֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

ûlᵊšimʿî bānîm šiššāh ʿāśār ûbānôt šēš ûlᵊʾeḥāyw ʾên bānîm rabbîm wᵊkōl mišpaḥtām lōʾ hirbû ʿad-bᵊnê yᵊhûdāh

Grammar Details

*ûlᵊšimʿî*: conjunction + preposition + proper name - and to Shimei
*bānîm*: masculine plural - sons
*šiššāh* *ʿāśār*: cardinal number - sixteen
*ûbānôt*: conjunction + feminine plural - and daughters
*šēš*: cardinal number - six
*ûlᵊʾeḥāyw*: conjunction + preposition + noun + 3ms suffix - and to his brothers
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there were not
*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
*wᵊkōl*: conjunction + construct - and all of
*mišpaḥtām*: feminine singular + 3mp suffix - their family
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*hirbû*: hiphil perfect 3cp - they multiplied
*ʿad*-*bᵊnê*: preposition + construct plural - like the sons of
*yᵊhûdāh*: proper name - Judah

Word Meanings

*hirbû*: multiplied/increased
*ʿad*-*bᵊnê* *yᵊhûdāh*: like the sons of Judah/as much as the children of Judah

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 2:4 : 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Num 2:13 : 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Num 26:14 : 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Num 26:22 : 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 4:24-26
3 verses
81%
24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
1 Chr 25:17
79%
17the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chr 23:9-11
3 verses
79%
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
1 Chr 8:32
75%
32And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
1 Chr 9:38
75%
38And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
1 Chr 14:4
74%
4And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
1 Chr 4:37
74%
37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
1 Chr 26:6-7
2 verses
74%
6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
Num 26:43
73%
43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
1 Chr 4:28
73%
28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
1 Chr 8:21
72%
21and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
1 Chr 26:25
72%
25And his brethren: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
2 Sam 16:5
72%
5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.
1 Chr 7:4
72%
4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
Exod 6:15
72%
15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.
1 Chr 2:4
71%
4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
1 Chr 26:4
71%
4And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
1 Chr 2:13-14
2 verses
71%
13and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Num 26:49
71%
49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
1 Chr 3:5
71%
5and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
2 Sam 5:14
71%
14And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
1 Chr 6:29-30
2 verses
71%
29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
Num 26:32
71%
32and [of] Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
2 Sam 19:16
71%
16And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
Gen 46:10
71%
10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
1 Chr 3:19
71%
19And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
1 Chr 4:20
71%
20And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
1 Chr 25:13-14
2 verses
71%
13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
14the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
Num 26:13
70%
13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
1 Kgs 4:18
70%
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
1 Chr 26:2
70%
2And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
Ezra 10:33
70%
33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
1 Chr 25:20
70%
20for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chr 2:44
70%
44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.
1 Chr 3:9
70%
9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
1 Chr 3:22
70%
22And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
1 Chr 1:37
70%
37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
2 Chr 11:19
69%
19and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
1 Chr 8:10
69%
10and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses].
1 Chr 7:19
69%
19And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
1 Chr 25:24
69%
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1 Chr 6:42
69%
42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,